Exam 12: Skin, Hair, and Nails

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:

The nurse is preparing for a certification course in skin care and needs to be familiar with the various lesions that may be identified on assessment of the skin.Which of the following definitions are correct? Select all that apply.

A patient has been admitted for severe psoriasis.The nurse can expect to see what finding in the patient's fingernails?

The nurse is discussing epidermal appendages with a newly graduated nurse.Which of these would be included in the discussion?

A 70-year-old woman who loves to garden has small,flat,brown macules over her arms and hands.She asks,"What causes these liver spots?" The nurse tells her,"They are:

A 65-year-old man with emphysema and bronchitis has come to the clinic for a follow-up appointment.On assessment,the nurse might expect to see which assessment finding?

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 that 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 in this infant over the:

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

Because hair for humans is no longer needed for protection from cold or trauma,it is called:

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 just noted from a patient's medical record that the patient has a lesion that is confluent in nature.On examination,the nurse would expect to find:

The nurse is assessing for clubbing of the fingernails and would expect to find: