Exam 13: Skin, hair, and Nails

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

A father brings 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 occurring at least every 2 hours.The nurse suspects dehydration.Where should the nurse test skin mobility and turgor in this infant?

When assessing inflammation in a dark-skinned person,the nurse may need to:

A woman has noticed that her son, who has a new babysitter, has some blisters and scabs on his face and buttocks. On examination, the nurse notices moist, thin-roofed vesicles with a thin erythematous base and suspects:

A newborn infant has been brought to the clinic for a well-baby check.For which of the following reasons of fluid loss does the nurse observe the infant?

A patient has been admitted for severe iron-deficiency anemia.What can the nurse expect to find in the patient's fingernails?

A 65-year-old man with emphysema and bronchitis has come to the clinic for a follow-up appointment. On assessment of his skin, the nurse would expect to find which of the following?

The nurse is assessing the skin of a patient who has acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Which of the following will the nurse most likely observe?

A 45-year-old farmer comes in for skin evaluation and complains of hair loss. He has noticed that the hair on his head seems to be breaking off in patches and that there is some scaling on his scalp. The nurse would begin the examination suspecting:

The nurse has discovered decreased skin turgor in a patient. In which of the following would this be an expected finding?

The nurse is caring for a child of African descent who has been diagnosed with marasmus.The nurse would expect to find:

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

Jaundice is manifested by a yellow skin colour,indicating rising levels of bilirubin in the blood.Which of the following findings is indicative of true jaundice?

A thorough skin assessment is very important because the skin holds information about:

A 40-year-old woman reports a change in mole size,accompanied by colour 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:

A mother brings her child in to the clinic for scalp and hair examination. She says that the child has developed irregularly shaped patches on her head with broken-off, stublike hair, and she is worried that this could be some form of premature baldness. She tells the nurse that the child's hair is always kept very short. The nurse reassures her by telling her that it is:

MATCHING The nurse needs to be familiar with the various lesions that may be identified during skin assessment. Match each description given below with the appropriate term. -Elevated cavity containing free fluid,up to 1 cm;clear serum flows if wall is ruptured

A woman has come in for a checkup before leaving on a trip to Hawaii.During the examination,the nurse finds out that she is diabetic and is on oral hypoglycemic agents.Which of the following should the woman be concerned about?

MATCHING The nurse needs to be familiar with the various lesions that may be identified during skin assessment. Match each description given below with the appropriate term. -Solid,elevated,hard or soft,larger than 1 cm

The nurse is bathing an 80-year-old man and notices that his skin is wrinkled,thin,lax,and dry.This finding would be related to: