<p class="p1">Wound assessment is a skill that is an essential part of successful wound care. Information gained from wound assessment is used to decide what stage of healing the wound is at, whether it is progressing or deteriorating, and whether the treatment plan is appropriate or not. Documenting this information is an essential part of care. It can be recorded in narrative form in the patient’s care record, but the most commonly used format for recording wound assessment is in a chart or form. Such forms act as prompts to ensure all the major elements are assessed, and bring all the relevant information together into a format which is easy to interpret. </p>n<p> </p>
