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Your patient is 80-year-old and has many debilitating diseases. When you do your morning assessment, you see a red spot...

Your patient is 80-year-old and has many debilitating diseases. When you do your morning assessment, you see a red spot on the coccyx. Tissues are likely in what phase __________.

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* Assessment shows a red spot on the coccyx

Indicate tissues are likely in phase 1 or stage 1

of pressure ulcer.

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