Medley scale
The medley scale is a nursing assessment instrument developed by the English nursing scientist H. Anthony Medley in 1987 to assess the risk of pressure ulcers . The scale, which is divided into nine categories, is, like the Braden and Waterlow scales , a further development of the Norton scale . It includes the assessment of activity ( bedridden ), skin condition, dangerous diseases, mobility, consciousness and nutritional status , urinary and fecal incontinence and pain of the resident . In contrast to most of the other pressure ulcer risk scales, the scale, which is hardly widespread in German-speaking countries, also records the sensation of pain, the dangerous illnesses and the assessment of the nutritional status, but the assessment of perception is limited to the level of consciousness as with Norton .
literature
- Susanne Wied (arrangement): Pschyrembel dictionary care. Nursing Techniques, Nursing Aids, Nursing Science, Nursing Management, Psychology, Law . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-11-016948-7 , p. 435.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Important information on the use of pressure ulcer risk scales. In: Decubitus Care Guide. IGAP - Institute for Innovations in Health Care and Applied Nursing Research, accessed on February 5, 2010 .