Documented stage pressure ulcer

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A PCU nurse is reading the assessment from the previous shift. She reads that the patient she is caring for has a documented stage II pressure ulcer. What can the PCU nurse expect to see with a stage II pressure ulcer when she completes her head to toe assessment on the same patient?

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