Wound Care Teaching 553

Charting language
Patient was instructed on pain caused by pressure ulcers. Pain can be classified as acute or chronic. Cyclic acute pain, which is periodic and corresponds to the pain experienced during repeated management, such as dressing changes or patient repositioning and non-cyclic acute pain, which is accidental, including pain experienced during occasional procedures such as debridement or drain removal.

Reviewed November 2017

Reviewed for general reference only. Adapt to your patient, agency policy, and scope of practice.