Exam 12: Skin, Hair, and Nails

A patient comes in for a physical examination and complains of "freezing to death" while waiting for her examination.The nurse notes that her skin is pale and cool and attributes this finding to:

A 35-year-old pregnant woman comes to the clinic for a monthly appointment.During the assessment,the nurse notices that she has a brown patch of hyperpigmentation on her face.The nurse continues the skin assessment aware that another finding may be:

A patient has had a "terrible itch" for several months that he has been continuously scratching.On examination,the nurse might expect to find:

The nurse educator is preparing an education module for the nursing staff on the dermis layer of skin.Which of these statements would be included in the module? The dermis:

The nurse notices that a school-aged child has bluish-white,red-based spots in her mouth that are elevated approximately 1 to 3 mm.What other signs would the nurse expect to find in this patient?

The nurse is assessing a patient who has liver disease for jaundice.Which of these assessment findings is indicative of true jaundice?

A 52-year-old woman has a papule on her nose that has rounded,pearly borders and a central red ulcer.She said she first noticed it several months ago and that it has slowly grown larger.The nurse suspects which condition?

An older adult woman is brought to the emergency department after being found lying on the kitchen floor for 2 days; she is extremely dehydrated.What would the nurse expect to see during the examination?

While performing an assessment of a 65-year-old man with a history of hypertension and coronary artery disease,the nurse notices the presence of bilateral pitting edema in the lower legs.The skin is puffy and tight but normal in color.No increased redness or tenderness is observed over his lower legs,and the peripheral pulses are equal and strong.In this situation,the nurse suspects that the likely cause of the edema is which condition?

A semiconscious woman is brought to the emergency department after she was found on the floor in her kitchen.Her face,nail beds,lips,and oral mucosa are a bright cherry-red color.The nurse suspects that this coloring is due to:

A 13-year-old girl is interested in obtaining information about the cause of her acne.The nurse should share with her that acne:

During the aging process,the hair can look gray or white and begin to feel thin and fine.The nurse knows that this occurs because of a decrease in the number of functioning:

The nurse has discovered decreased skin turgor in a patient and knows that this finding is expected in which condition?

A 40-year-old woman reports a change in mole size,accompanied by color changes,itching,burning,and bleeding over the past month.She has a dark complexion and has no family history of skin cancer,but she has had many blistering sunburns in the past.The nurse would:

The nurse keeps in mind that a thorough skin assessment is extremely important because the skin holds information about a person's:

The nurse educator is preparing an education module for the nursing staff on the epidermal layer of skin.Which of these statements would be included in the module? The epidermis is:

A 22-year-old woman comes to the clinic because of severe sunburn and states,"I was out in the sun for just a couple of minutes." The nurse begins a medication review with her,paying special attention to which medication class?

A patient comes to the clinic and states that he has noticed that his skin is redder than normal.The nurse understands that this condition is due to hyperemia and knows that it can be caused by:

A father brings in his 2-month-old infant to the clinic because the infant has had diarrhea for the last 24 hours.He says his baby has not been able to keep any formula down and that the diarrhea has been at least every 2 hours.The nurse suspects dehydration.The nurse should test skin mobility and turgor over the infant's:

A patient tells the nurse that he has noticed that one of his moles has started to burn and bleed.When assessing his skin,the nurse pays special attention to the danger signs for pigmented lesions and is concerned with which additional finding?