NUR 621 Exam 1 (2026/2027) | 100% Verified
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• Darier's sign -✓✓Local swelling of a skin when stroked.
• Nikolsky sign -✓✓epidermal shearing that occurs with gentle lateral
pressure on seemingly uninvolved skin (toxic epidermal necrolysis)
• Auspitz sign -✓✓pinpoint bleeding after a scale is removed
• Koebner phenomenon -✓✓lesions induced by trauma (common in
psoriasis)
• Green fingernails are suggestive of.... -✓✓Pseudomonas infex
• Increased efficacy -✓✓Covering corticosteroids w/water and barrier
for 4 hrs does what?
• Doxepin, mirtazapine, and paroxetine -✓✓What antidepressants can
help with pruritus
• If 2nd gen antihistamines are ineffective for itching, what do you do?
-✓✓Increase dose up to 4x
Answers | Complete Revision Pack | A+
• Darier's sign -✓✓Local swelling of a skin when stroked.
• Nikolsky sign -✓✓epidermal shearing that occurs with gentle lateral
pressure on seemingly uninvolved skin (toxic epidermal necrolysis)
• Auspitz sign -✓✓pinpoint bleeding after a scale is removed
• Koebner phenomenon -✓✓lesions induced by trauma (common in
psoriasis)
• Green fingernails are suggestive of.... -✓✓Pseudomonas infex
• Increased efficacy -✓✓Covering corticosteroids w/water and barrier
for 4 hrs does what?
• Doxepin, mirtazapine, and paroxetine -✓✓What antidepressants can
help with pruritus
• If 2nd gen antihistamines are ineffective for itching, what do you do?
-✓✓Increase dose up to 4x