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Add the six Braden subscale scores into the 6 to 23 total and see the pressure injury risk band the NCLEX-RN course teaches. A lower score means a higher risk. An exam study aid, not for clinical use.
Built for NCLEX-RNLower is worse in every subscale. Use your program's or facility's Braden form for the level descriptions.
Pick a score for each subscale.
Risk-scale cut points are exactly the kind of numbers that fade without review. Encodr keeps the Braden bands and the other NCLEX-RN assessment scales on a spaced-repetition schedule.
Get started freeThe Braden Scale estimates a client's risk of a pressure injury from six subscales: sensory perception, moisture, activity, mobility, nutrition, and friction and shear. The first five score 1 to 4 and friction and shear scores 1 to 3, so the total runs from 6 to 23. The lower the score, the higher the risk. The course bands are: mild risk 15 to 18, moderate 13 to 14, high 10 to 12, and severe 9 or less.
Worked example: sensory perception 3, moisture 2, activity 2, mobility 2, nutrition 2 and friction and shear 1 total 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 12, which is high risk. The Braden is usually completed on admission, repeated per policy (for example every shift) and repeated when the client's condition changes, alongside a skin assessment at each repositioning. More in the Braden Scale and pressure injury risk, and the full skin and mobility unit is in the free NCLEX-RN deck.
This tool is a study aid. A real Braden score comes from assessing the client with the facility's approved form.
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