NUR 307 Study Guide Questions with Verified
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The nurse is preparing for a certification course on skin care and needs to be familiar with
the various lesions that may be identified on assessment of the skin. Which definitions of
lesions are correct? (Select all that apply.)
Bulla: Elevated, circumscribed lesion filled with turbid fluid (pus)
Petechiae: Tiny punctate hemorrhages, 1 to 3 mm, round and discrete, dark red, purple, or
brown in color
Bulla: Larger than 1 cm also known as a friction blister
Nodule: Solid, elevated, and hard or soft growth that is larger than 1 cm
Papule: Hypertrophic scar
1. Petechiae: Tiny punctate hemorrhages, 1 to 3 mm, round and discrete, dark red, purple, or
brown in color.
2. Bulla: Larger than 1 cm also known as a friction blister.
3. Nodule: Solid, elevated, and hard or soft growth that is larger than 1 cm.
,During the aging process, the hair can look gray or white and begin to feel thin and fine.
What would the nurse understand causes this?
Increase in the vascularity of the scalp
Decrease in the number of functioning phagocytes
Increased adipose tissue
Decrease in the number of functioning melanocytes
Decrease in the number of functioning melanocytes
The nurse educator is preparing an education module for the nursing staff on the
epidermal layer of skin. Which of these statements would be included in the module? The
epidermis is:
Highly vascular
Thick and tough
Thin and nonstratified
Replaced every 4 weeks
Replaced every 4 weeks
,The nurse educator is preparing an education module for the nursing staff on the dermis
layer of skin. Which of these statements would be included in the module? The dermis:
Contains mostly fat cells
Consists mostly of keratin
Is replaced every 4 weeks
Contains sensory receptors
Contains sensory receptors
The nurse is examining a patient who tells the nurse, I sure sweat a lot, especially on my
face and feet but it doesn't have an odor. The nurse knows that this condition could be
related to:
Eccrine glands
Apocrine glands
Disorder of the stratum corneum
Disorder of the stratum germinativum
Eccrine glands
, 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?
Subcutaneous fat deposits are high in the newborn
Sebaceous glands are overproductive in the newborn
The newborns skin is more permeable than that of the adult
The amount of vernix caseosa dramatically rises in the newborn
The newborns skin is more permeable than that of the adult
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?
Increased vascularity of the skin
Increased numbers of sweat and sebaceous glands
An increase in elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat
An increased loss of elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat
An increased loss of elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat
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The nurse is preparing for a certification course on skin care and needs to be familiar with
the various lesions that may be identified on assessment of the skin. Which definitions of
lesions are correct? (Select all that apply.)
Bulla: Elevated, circumscribed lesion filled with turbid fluid (pus)
Petechiae: Tiny punctate hemorrhages, 1 to 3 mm, round and discrete, dark red, purple, or
brown in color
Bulla: Larger than 1 cm also known as a friction blister
Nodule: Solid, elevated, and hard or soft growth that is larger than 1 cm
Papule: Hypertrophic scar
1. Petechiae: Tiny punctate hemorrhages, 1 to 3 mm, round and discrete, dark red, purple, or
brown in color.
2. Bulla: Larger than 1 cm also known as a friction blister.
3. Nodule: Solid, elevated, and hard or soft growth that is larger than 1 cm.
,During the aging process, the hair can look gray or white and begin to feel thin and fine.
What would the nurse understand causes this?
Increase in the vascularity of the scalp
Decrease in the number of functioning phagocytes
Increased adipose tissue
Decrease in the number of functioning melanocytes
Decrease in the number of functioning melanocytes
The nurse educator is preparing an education module for the nursing staff on the
epidermal layer of skin. Which of these statements would be included in the module? The
epidermis is:
Highly vascular
Thick and tough
Thin and nonstratified
Replaced every 4 weeks
Replaced every 4 weeks
,The nurse educator is preparing an education module for the nursing staff on the dermis
layer of skin. Which of these statements would be included in the module? The dermis:
Contains mostly fat cells
Consists mostly of keratin
Is replaced every 4 weeks
Contains sensory receptors
Contains sensory receptors
The nurse is examining a patient who tells the nurse, I sure sweat a lot, especially on my
face and feet but it doesn't have an odor. The nurse knows that this condition could be
related to:
Eccrine glands
Apocrine glands
Disorder of the stratum corneum
Disorder of the stratum germinativum
Eccrine glands
, 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?
Subcutaneous fat deposits are high in the newborn
Sebaceous glands are overproductive in the newborn
The newborns skin is more permeable than that of the adult
The amount of vernix caseosa dramatically rises in the newborn
The newborns skin is more permeable than that of the adult
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?
Increased vascularity of the skin
Increased numbers of sweat and sebaceous glands
An increase in elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat
An increased loss of elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat
An increased loss of elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat
