Wound AssessmentA structured description of a wound bed, so the next nurse can see what you saw.NursingTIME describes the bed; the rest describes the wound and the person.The wound bed · TIMETissue — granulation, slough, eschar, epitheliumInfection or inflammation — local and systemicMoisture — exudate amount, type and odourEdge — advancing, rolled, undermined, maceratedAlso recordSite, and measurements in millimetresDepth, tunnelling and underminingSurrounding skin conditionPain at rest and at dressing changeCause, and whether the cause is now removedA photograph if local policy allows itEducational reference. Dressing choice follows local wound formularyand tissue viability advice. Report spreading redness promptly.Wound Assessmentlearnposters.com
Wound Assessment — printable life science wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Wound Assessment poster

10 entries in 2 groups.

TIME describes the bed; the rest describes the wound and the person.

Educational reference. Dressing choice follows local wound formulary and tissue viability advice. Report spreading redness promptly.

Questions about the Wound Assessment poster

What’s on the Wound Assessment poster?
10 entries in 2 groups. TIME describes the bed; the rest describes the wound and the person. The wound bed · TIME: Tissue — granulation, slough, eschar, epithelium, Infection or…; Also record: Site, and measurements in millimetres, Depth, tunnelling and undermining…. Educational reference. Dressing choice follows local wound formulary and tissue viability advice. Report spreading redness promptly.
Who is the Wound Assessment poster for?
Wound Assessment belongs to the Nursing section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning assessment can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Wound Assessment poster?
Describe the wound in terms that let someone compare next week's dressing change. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Wound Assessment belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Wound Assessment?
The ABCDE Approach, Abdominal Assessment and Breath Sounds sit alongside Wound Assessment in the Nursing section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.The ABCDE ApproachAbdominal AssessmentBreath Sounds
Is the Wound Assessment poster free to download and print?
Yes. Wound Assessment downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Nursing section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Wound Assessment poster print at?
Wound Assessment is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Wound Assessment loses nothing.Printing guide

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