Exam 13: Skin, Hair, and Nails

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

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 which factor in the older adult?

A 75-year-old woman with a history of diabetes and peripheral vascular disease has been trying to remove a corn on the bottom of her foot with a pair of scissors.The nurse encourages her to stop trying to remove the corn with scissors because:

A few days after a summer hiking trip, a 25-year-old man comes to the clinic with a rash.On examination, the nurse notes that the rash consists of small, red, flat skin spots with a "bull's eye" pattern across his midriff and behind his knees.The nurse suspects:

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 colour.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?

The nurse notices that a patient has a solid, elevated, circumscribed lesion that is less than 1 cm in diameter.The nurse documents this finding as a:

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

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

A physician has diagnosed a patient with purpura.After leaving the room, a nursing student asks the nurse what the physician saw that led to that diagnosis.The nurse replies, "The physician is referring to the:

During an examination, the nurse finds that a patient has excessive dryness of the skin.When charting, the nurse describes this condition as:

A patient of African origin is in the intensive care unit because of impending shock after an accident.The nurse expects to find what characteristics in this patient's skin?

A newborn infant is in the clinic for a well-baby checkup.The nurse observes the infant for the possibility of fluid loss because of which of these factors?

The nurse initiates a Braden Scale assessment of the 85-year-old patient who is independent with activities of daily living and frequently ambulates around the unit.The patient scores a 23 which the nurse documents as: