A patient with quadriplegia presents to the outpatient clinic with an ischial wound that extends through the epidermis into the dermis. When documenting the depth of the wound, how would the nurse classify it?
1) Partial-thickness wound
2) Penetrating wound
3) Superficial wound
4) Full-thickness wound
ANS: 1
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