AAMI Science Comprehensive Review 167
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Answer:
B
■The components of a nail examination include:
A. contour, consistency, and color.
B. clubbing, pitting, and grooving.
C. shape, surface, and circulation.
D. texture, toughness, and translucency.
Answer:
A
■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?
A. Increased vascularity of the skin in the elderly
B. Increased numbers of sweat and sebaceous glands in the elderly
C. An increase in elasticity and an increase in subcutaneous fat in the
elderly
D. An increased loss of elasticity and a decrease in subcutaneous fat in
the elderly
Answer:
D
■A patient tells the nurse that he has noticed that one of his moles has started to burn and bleed.
When assessing his skin, the nurse would pay special attention to the danger signs for pigmented
lesions and would be concerned with which additional finding?
A. Diameter less than 6 mm
B. Color variation
C. Border regularity
D. Symmetry of lesions
Answer:
, B
■The nurse notices that a patient has a solid, elevated, circumscribed lesion that is less than 1 cm in
diameter. When documenting this finding, the nurse would report this as a:
A. nodule.
B. bulla.
C. papule.
D. wheal.
Answer:
C
■The nurse has discovered decreased skin turgor in a patient and knows that this is an expected
finding in which of these conditions?
A. Connective tissue disorders such as scleroderma
B. Severe obesity
C. Childhood growth spurts
D. Severe dehydration
Answer:
D
■The nurse is assessing for clubbing of the fingernails and would expect to find:
A. a nail base that is firm and slightly tender.
B. curved nails with a convex profile and ridges across the nail.
C. a nail base that feels spongy with an angle of the nail base of 150
degrees.
D. an angle of the nail base of 180 degrees or greater with a nail base
that feels spongy.
Answer:
D
■While inspecting the skin, a nurse notices a lesion on the patient's upper right arm. What is the
best way to document the size of this lesion?
A. Compare its size to the size of a coin.
B. Estimate its size to the nearest inch.
C. Use a centimeter ruler to measure the lesion.
D. Trace the lesion onto a piece of paper.
Answer:
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Solutions Latest Update 2026/2027
Answer:
B
■The components of a nail examination include:
A. contour, consistency, and color.
B. clubbing, pitting, and grooving.
C. shape, surface, and circulation.
D. texture, toughness, and translucency.
Answer:
A
■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?
A. Increased vascularity of the skin in the elderly
B. Increased numbers of sweat and sebaceous glands in the elderly
C. An increase in elasticity and an increase in subcutaneous fat in the
elderly
D. An increased loss of elasticity and a decrease in subcutaneous fat in
the elderly
Answer:
D
■A patient tells the nurse that he has noticed that one of his moles has started to burn and bleed.
When assessing his skin, the nurse would pay special attention to the danger signs for pigmented
lesions and would be concerned with which additional finding?
A. Diameter less than 6 mm
B. Color variation
C. Border regularity
D. Symmetry of lesions
Answer:
, B
■The nurse notices that a patient has a solid, elevated, circumscribed lesion that is less than 1 cm in
diameter. When documenting this finding, the nurse would report this as a:
A. nodule.
B. bulla.
C. papule.
D. wheal.
Answer:
C
■The nurse has discovered decreased skin turgor in a patient and knows that this is an expected
finding in which of these conditions?
A. Connective tissue disorders such as scleroderma
B. Severe obesity
C. Childhood growth spurts
D. Severe dehydration
Answer:
D
■The nurse is assessing for clubbing of the fingernails and would expect to find:
A. a nail base that is firm and slightly tender.
B. curved nails with a convex profile and ridges across the nail.
C. a nail base that feels spongy with an angle of the nail base of 150
degrees.
D. an angle of the nail base of 180 degrees or greater with a nail base
that feels spongy.
Answer:
D
■While inspecting the skin, a nurse notices a lesion on the patient's upper right arm. What is the
best way to document the size of this lesion?
A. Compare its size to the size of a coin.
B. Estimate its size to the nearest inch.
C. Use a centimeter ruler to measure the lesion.
D. Trace the lesion onto a piece of paper.
Answer:
