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DictionarySeescaleNorton scale
Norton scale (nort′ŏn) A scale used to predict the likelihood a patient will develop pressure ulcers. The patient is rated from 1 (low risk) to 4 (high risk) using the following five criteria: physical condition, mental condition, activity, mobility, and incontinence. See: table | Physical Condition | | Mental State | | Activity | | Mobility | | Incontinence |
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| Good | 4 | Alert | 4 | Ambulatory | 4 | Full | 4 | Not | 4 | | Fair | 3 | Apathetic | 3 | Walks with help | 3 | Slightly limited | 3 | Occasionally | | | Poor | 2 | Confused | 2 | Chairbound | 2 | Very limited | 2 | Usually urinary | 2 | | Very bad | 1 | Stuporous | 1 | Bedfast | 1 | Immobile | 1 | Double | 1 | * The patient is rated from 1 to 4 on the five risk factors listed. A score of ≤14 indicates risk for decubitus ulcers, or pressure sores. SOURCE: Doreen Norton, Rhoda McLaren, and A.N. Exton-Smith. An investigation of geriatric nursing problems in the hospital. London: National Corporation for the Care of Old People (now the Centre for Policy on Ageing), 1962.
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