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NURS 623 : HEALTH ASSESSMENT : MODULE 3 SKIN, HAIR, AND NAILS TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, Exams of Nursing

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NURS 623 : HEALTH ASSESSMENT : MODULE 3 SKIN,
HAIR, AND NAILS TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2 flat skin lesions -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Macule
2. Patch
4 raised and smooth skin lesions -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Cyst
2. Nodule
3. Papule
4. Plaque
2 surface change skin lesions -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Crust
2. Scale
3 fluid-filled skin lesions -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Bulla
2. Pustule
3. Vesicle
3 red blanchable skin lesions -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Erythema
2. Erythroderma
3. Telangietasia
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NURS 623 : HEALTH ASSESSMENT : MODULE 3 SKIN,

HAIR, AND NAILS TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

2 flat skin lesions -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Macule

  1. Patch 4 raised and smooth skin lesions -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Cyst
  2. Nodule
  3. Papule
  4. Plaque 2 surface change skin lesions -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Crust
  5. Scale 3 fluid-filled skin lesions -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Bulla
  6. Pustule
  7. Vesicle 3 red blanchable skin lesions -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Erythema
  8. Erythroderma
  9. Telangietasia

3 purpuric skin lesions -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Eccymosis

  1. Petechiae
  2. Palpable purpura 3 sunken skin lesions -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Atrophy
  3. Erosion
  4. Ulcer Lesion that is:
  5. Flat*
  6. <1 cm*
  7. Cannot feel involved area or discern a boundary to the lesion -- Answer โœ”โœ” macule
  8. Flat*
  9. 1cm*

  10. Cannot feel involved area or discern a boundary to the lesion -- Answer โœ”โœ” patch
  11. Raised*
  12. < 1 cm*
  13. Solid and elevated lesion -- Answer โœ”โœ” papule What terms do you sometimes use to differentiate between papules? -- Answer โœ”โœ” smooth or scaly
  14. Raised*
  15. 1 cm*

  1. Cavity or elevation < 1 cm
  2. Fluid can be clear, serous, hemorrhagic, or pus-filled -- Answer โœ”โœ” vesicle
  3. Fluid-filled*
  4. Blister > 1cm
  5. Fluid can be clear, serous, hemorrhagic, or pus-filled -- Answer โœ”โœ” bulla Two ways bullae can be characterized as -- Answer โœ”โœ” tense or flaccid
  6. Fluid-filled
  7. < 1 cm
  8. Circumscribed elevation containing pus -- Answer โœ”โœ” pustule
  9. Redness
  10. Localized, blanchable redness of skin -- Answer โœ”โœ” erythema What causes erythema? -- Answer โœ”โœ” increased blood flow
  11. Redness
  12. Generalized, blanchable redness of skin -- Answer โœ”โœ” erythroderma What is erythroderma sometimes associated with? -- Answer โœ”โœ” desquamation What causes erythroderma -- Answer โœ”โœ” increased blow flow
  13. Redness
  14. Visible and persistent dilation
  15. Affects small, superficial cutaneous blood vessels -- Answer โœ”โœ” telangiectasia
  1. Purpura
  2. Will not blanch because blood has leaked outside vessels into surrounding skin
  3. Flat color change -- Answer โœ”โœ” ecchymosis
  4. Purpura
  5. 1 to 2 mm nonblanchable macules
  6. Results from tiny hemorrhages -- Answer โœ”โœ” petechiae
  7. Purpura
  8. Will not blanch
  9. Raised nonblanchable red or purple papules or plaques
  10. Results for vascular inflammation and blood extravasation into the skin -- Answer โœ”โœ” palpable purpura
  11. Sunken
  12. Thinning or loss of tissue -- Answer โœ”โœ” atrophy 3 ways to define atrophy -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Epidermal
  13. Dermal
  14. Subcutaneous
  15. Sunken
  16. Localized loss of epidermal or mucosal epithelium -- Answer โœ”โœ” erosion
  17. Sunken
  18. Circumscribed loss of entire epidermis and at least the upper dermis -- Answer โœ”โœ” ulcer

8 ways to describe lesions -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Number

  1. Size
  2. Shape
  3. Color
  4. Texture
  5. Border
  6. Configuration
  7. Distribution An erythematous border that surrounds lighter skin -- Answer โœ”โœ” central clearing Resembling a wart-like growth -- Answer โœ”โœ” verrucous Rough, thickened epidermis secondary to persistent rubbing, itching, or skin irritation; often involves flexor surface of extremity -- Answer โœ”โœ” lichenification Pertaining to an area of hardened tissue -- Answer โœ”โœ” indurated Lesion with central depression -- Answer โœ”โœ” umbilicated Ring-like shape to skin lesion -- Answer โœ”โœ” annular Coin-sized and coin-shaped -- Answer โœ”โœ” nummular With wavy borders, resembling a snake -- Answer โœ”โœ” serpiginous Constructed, arranged, or marked like a net or network -- Answer โœ”โœ” reticulated

Resembling herpes, grouped vesicles on an erythematous base -- Answer โœ”โœ” herpetiform Linear arrangement along a unilateral nerve route -- Answer โœ”โœ” zosteriform What are the abcde's of nevi? -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Asymmetry

  1. Border irregularity
  2. Color variations
  3. Diameter >6mm
  4. Evolving Describe a stage 1 pressure ulcer -- Answer โœ”โœ” intact skin with non-blanchable erythema Describe a stage 2 pressure ulcer -- Answer โœ”โœ” partial thickness loss of skin with exposed dermis Describe a stage 3 pressure ulcer -- Answer โœ”โœ” full-thickness skin loss, in which adipose is visible Describe a stage 4 pressure ulcer -- Answer โœ”โœ” full thickness skin and tissue loss Describe an unstageable pressure ulcer -- Answer โœ”โœ” full thickness skin and tissue loss with slough or eschar making it unstageable Describe a deep tissue pressure ulcer -- Answer โœ”โœ” persisent nonblancable deep red, maroon or purple discoloration 5 pathologic rashes -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Diabetes

Malar erythema with sparing of nasolabial fold -- Answer โœ”โœ” sle Also known as butterfly rash -- Answer โœ”โœ” malar erythema Annular lesions with erythematous scaly borders and a hypopigmented center -- Answer โœ”โœ” tinea corporis Two types of sweat glands -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Eccrine

  1. Apocrine Sweat glands that are:
  • widely distributed
  • open directly onto the skin surface
  • help control body temperature through sweat production -- Answer โœ”โœ” eccrine Sweat glands that are:
  • chiefly in axillary and genital areas
  • usually open into hair follicles
  • stimulated by emotional stress -- Answer โœ”โœ” apocrine Skin color depends on what four pigments -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Melanin
  1. Carotene
  2. Hemoglobin
  3. Deoxyhemoglobin Brownish pigment -- Answer โœ”โœ” melanin

Golden yellow pigment -- Answer โœ”โœ” carotene 2 types of hair -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Vellus

  1. Terminal In darker skinned people, where is central cyanosis best identified -- Answer โœ”โœ” 1. Lips
  2. Oral mucosa
  3. Tongue