Nurse Practitioner Skin Exam 2025
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Solution
impetigo - >>usually caused by staph, primary lesion is thin
ANSWER
walled vesicle that breaks easily and honey colored crust at edge; satelite
lesions appear and spread to remote areas of skin
paronychia - >>staph around nail fold
ANSWER
candida balanitis - >>inflammation of superficial tissues of penile
ANSWER
head caused by candida albicans : managed by steroids, miconazole,
clotrimazole or fluconazole
candida intertrigo - ANSWER >>irruption of the fold of skin in warm, moist
body areas; use drying agents like talc, cornstarch, topical antifungals, oral
antifungals
tinea capitus - >>dermatophyte infection of scalp caused by
ANSWER
trichophyton; managed with selenium shampoo, oral terbinafine,
fluconanzole
tinea corporis - >>dermatophyte infection caused by
ANSWER
trichomphyton or microsporum; managed with topical antifungals, severe
axes systemic therapy ketoconazole
tinea curis - >>jock itch. dermatophyte infection in groin (used
ANSWER
topical agents or oral antifungals)
, tinea pedis - >>athletes foot treat with miconazole or clotrimazole
ANSWER
(pedis) or aluminum sub acetate soaks
tinea unguium - >>onychomycosis ( persistent fungal infection
ANSWER
affecting the toe nails and fingernails caused by dermatophytes. treated
with oral antifungals
tinea vesicolor - >>fungal infection of skin caused by yeast,
ANSWER
treated with topical selenium sulfide, topical antifungals
herpes zoster - >>pain along dermatomal distribution, usually on
ANSWER
trunk, may be life threatening in immunocomprised individuals. grouped
vesicles eruption of erythema and exudate along the dermatomal pathway,
regional lymphadenoapathy may be present.
zostavax - >>approved 50> for prevention of shingles
ANSWER
management of shingles pharmacological -
ANSWER>>acyclovir,
famciclovir, valacyclovir
actinic keratosis - ANSWER>>small patches occurring on sun-exposed
parts of the body. Pre-malignant (1:1000) lesions progress to squamous
cell carcinoma. systematic, small patches may be tender, fought, flesh
colored, pink and hyperpigmented
squamous cell carcinoma - >>arise out of actinic keratoses; firm
ANSWER,
irregular papule or nodule, develop over few months 3-7% metastasize,
prolonged sun-exposed areas in fair skin people, keratitic, scaly bleeding
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Solution
impetigo - >>usually caused by staph, primary lesion is thin
ANSWER
walled vesicle that breaks easily and honey colored crust at edge; satelite
lesions appear and spread to remote areas of skin
paronychia - >>staph around nail fold
ANSWER
candida balanitis - >>inflammation of superficial tissues of penile
ANSWER
head caused by candida albicans : managed by steroids, miconazole,
clotrimazole or fluconazole
candida intertrigo - ANSWER >>irruption of the fold of skin in warm, moist
body areas; use drying agents like talc, cornstarch, topical antifungals, oral
antifungals
tinea capitus - >>dermatophyte infection of scalp caused by
ANSWER
trichophyton; managed with selenium shampoo, oral terbinafine,
fluconanzole
tinea corporis - >>dermatophyte infection caused by
ANSWER
trichomphyton or microsporum; managed with topical antifungals, severe
axes systemic therapy ketoconazole
tinea curis - >>jock itch. dermatophyte infection in groin (used
ANSWER
topical agents or oral antifungals)
, tinea pedis - >>athletes foot treat with miconazole or clotrimazole
ANSWER
(pedis) or aluminum sub acetate soaks
tinea unguium - >>onychomycosis ( persistent fungal infection
ANSWER
affecting the toe nails and fingernails caused by dermatophytes. treated
with oral antifungals
tinea vesicolor - >>fungal infection of skin caused by yeast,
ANSWER
treated with topical selenium sulfide, topical antifungals
herpes zoster - >>pain along dermatomal distribution, usually on
ANSWER
trunk, may be life threatening in immunocomprised individuals. grouped
vesicles eruption of erythema and exudate along the dermatomal pathway,
regional lymphadenoapathy may be present.
zostavax - >>approved 50> for prevention of shingles
ANSWER
management of shingles pharmacological -
ANSWER>>acyclovir,
famciclovir, valacyclovir
actinic keratosis - ANSWER>>small patches occurring on sun-exposed
parts of the body. Pre-malignant (1:1000) lesions progress to squamous
cell carcinoma. systematic, small patches may be tender, fought, flesh
colored, pink and hyperpigmented
squamous cell carcinoma - >>arise out of actinic keratoses; firm
ANSWER,
irregular papule or nodule, develop over few months 3-7% metastasize,
prolonged sun-exposed areas in fair skin people, keratitic, scaly bleeding
