The nurse is caring for a patient with a stage 4 pressure injury.The nurse assigns which of the following nursing diagnoses?

A) Readiness for enhanced nutrition.
B) Impaired physical mobility.
C) Impaired skin integrity.
D) Chronic pain.

After the assessment is completed and the information that the patient has a stage 4 pressure injury is gathered,a diagnosis of Impaired skin integrity is selected.Readiness for enhanced nutrition would be selected for an individual with an adequate diet that could be improved.Impaired physical mobility and Chronic pain,as well as the nutrition nursing diagnosis,could well be the nursing diagnoses selected for this patient,but the physical data in the question strongly support Impaired skin integrity.