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You need to assess--location, size, width and length, depth, color of wound bed, sorrounding tissue, redness, swelling/edema, drainage- type, amount, consistence, and odor. Also document source of wound ( pressure, surgical ect...). Assess patients complaints--pain, lack of felling to site ect.

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LOL you must be a year 1 nursing student in UWS to ask this question online im doing the assignment now when i find the answer ill pst it up here stay tuned

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The first principle of wound care is the removal of nonviable tissue, including necrotic (dead) tissue, slough, foreign debris, and residual material from dressings.

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