Exam 53: Integumentary System Function,Assessment,and Therapeutic Measures

The nurse is applying wet dressings as ordered to a patient who has a crusted skin lesion.Which assessment finding should cause the nurse the most concern?

A patient has lost all hair over the head,face,and neck from a house fire.What should the nurse do to help the patient since the protective function of the hair has been lost? (Select all that apply.)

A patient with cancer is experiencing hair loss from chemotherapy treatments.Which term should the nurse use to document this finding?

The nurse is caring for a dark-skinned African American patient.Which sites should the nurse use evaluate for the presence or absence of cyanosis? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse notes a thickening and hardening of the skin from continued irritation on an individual who is wheelchair-bound.What term should the nurse use to describe this finding?

The nurse is reviewing the structure and function of the skin with a patient recovering from multiple abrasions.Which should the nurse explain as being classified as sudoriferous glands? (Select all that apply.)