Exam 49: Management of Clients with Integumentary Disorders

A client is returning to the nursing unit after an intermaxillary wiring to treat a facial fracture. What equipment is vital for the nurse to have at the bedside? (Select all that apply)

The nurse would reinforce to a client who is about to undergo liposuction for removal of excess fatty tissue that

The nurse would explain to a client that effective treatments for severe pruritus include (Select all that apply)

A nurse is working with a client suffering from chronic pruritus. The client is angry and frustrated. The nurse should incorporate actions into the care plan that acknowledge

A nurse is conducting community education classes on skin cancer. One participant says to the nurse: "I have read there are now vaccines to protect you from getting a melanoma." The nurse's most helpful response would be

The nurse working with a UAP can delegate all of the following activities related to care of the client with a pressure ulcer except

After abdominoplasty, the nurse would place the client in the

A client had a nodule removed from his face that was diagnosed as basal cell carcinoma. In teaching this client, the nurse should include information on the need for future

To prevent pressure ulcers in a frail elderly client, the nurse would (Select all that apply)

A nurse is working with a client who has a disfigured face and who is undergoing a series of reconstructive operations. The nurse has formulated the diagnosis: Disturbed Body Image related to perceived disfigurement as a primary problem. The least helpful intervention by the nurse would be to

A client is to have a basal cell carcinoma removed with Mohs' surgery. During preoperative teaching, it would be important for the nurse to explain that

In teaching a client about sun protection, the nurse would make an accurate suggestion with the statement

The nurse would record the assessment of a nonblanching reddened area on an older client's sacrum as

A nurse is caring for a client who had a musculocutaneous flap reconstruction. The nurse assesses the flap to be cool with dark dermal blood on lancing. The most appropriate action by the nurse is to

The nursing care for a client after rhinoplasty would include

A client asks about the nature of the underlying problem in skin that leads to the development of atopic dermatitis. The nurse's response would include that the problem is caused by

Before initiation of photochemotherapy (PUVA), the nurse instructs a client suspected of having lupus erythematosus about the diagnostic study that will be performed first, which is a(n)

When teaching a client with intermaxillary wiring, the nurse would instruct the client to avoid

A nurse would instruct a client who experienced widespread first-degree sunburn to

Activities related to skin care the registered nurse can delegate to an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)