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Score the six Braden subscales: sensory perception, moisture, activity, mobility, nutrition, and friction/shear (1–3 only for friction/shear). The page adds the numbers and maps the total to common pressure-injury risk teaching bands. This is not the official copyrighted manual, not your hospital’s only documentation standard, and not a replacement for skin inspection. More tools: medical & health calculators.
Last updated: April 20, 2026
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Moderate risk (total 13–14, educational)
13
Braden range 6–23 (teaching)
Sensory
2
Moisture
2
Activity
2
Mobility
2
Nutrition
3
Friction
2
Moderate risk (total 13–14). Continue prevention measures and reassess after surgery, fever, incontinence changes, or new immobility.
The Braden Scale is copyrighted; use official training materials for staff competency and descriptor nuances. This page is for arithmetic and risk-band teaching only.
Teaching emphasizes that numbness, sedation, and incontinence-associated dermatitis increase injury risk even before immobility scores worsen.
Bedfast and immobile patterns raise risk; therapy and progressive mobility goals are common prevention companions in education.
Protein-energy malnutrition themes link to tissue tolerance; dietitian referral is a standard teaching response for low nutrition subscores.
Sliding transfers and shearing forces over bony prominences are highlighted in wound prevention curricula alongside turning schedules.
Lower totals mean higher modeled risk in the Braden framework; the relationship is inverse to how many people intuitively read “points.”
Prevention bundles add device selection, offloading for heels/sacrum, moisture barriers, and staff education—none of which are automated here.
Default demo: sensory 2, moisture 2, activity 2, mobility 2, nutrition 3, friction/shear 2 → total 13 → moderate pressure-injury risk on this page’s teaching bands.
≤9 very high · 10–12 high · 13–14 moderate · 15–18 mild/at-risk · 19–23 lower risk (common textbook-style cutoffs).
Each dropdown stores an integer subscore. The engine sums all six and assigns a risk label using the thresholds shown above. There is no machine learning—only transparent addition and banding for classroom and orientation scenarios.
The Braden Scale is a copyrighted instrument. Facilities typically purchase manuals, obtain permissions for EHR integration, and train staff with official materials. This calculator performs arithmetic and generic education only.
For mobility-related inpatient risk, also see our fall risk assessment calculator.
Get a Custom Calculator for Your PlatformSensory 1, moisture 1, activity 1, mobility 1, nutrition 1, friction 1 → total 6 (minimum possible) → very high modeled risk on this page—used in class to stress turning, surfaces, nutrition, and moisture control together, not alarm fatigue from the number alone.
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