NUR 505 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Dysplastic Mole - ✔✔Variegated color, irregular borders, uneven surface, often
greater than 6 mm, commonly on trunk or back.
✔✔Macule - ✔✔Flat lesion less than 1 cm.
✔✔Papule - ✔✔Elevated solid lesion less than 1 cm.
✔✔Patch - ✔✔Flat lesion greater than 1 cm.
✔✔Plaque - ✔✔Elevated lesion greater than 1 cm.
✔✔Wheal - ✔✔Transient elevated lesion caused by dermal edema.
✔✔Nodule - ✔✔Solid lesion extending deeper into the dermis.
✔✔Mass - ✔✔Large nodule.
✔✔Vesicle - ✔✔Fluid-filled lesion less than 1 cm.
✔✔Bulla - ✔✔Fluid-filled lesion greater than 1 cm.
✔✔Pustule - ✔✔Pus-filled lesion.
✔✔Cyst - ✔✔Encapsulated fluid-filled or semisolid lesion.
✔✔Telangiectasia - ✔✔Dilated superficial blood vessels.
✔✔Scale - ✔✔Flaking epidermis.
, ✔✔Lichenification - ✔✔Thickened skin caused by chronic scratching.
✔✔Keloid - ✔✔Excessive scar tissue extending beyond the original wound.
✔✔Scar - ✔✔Fibrous tissue replacing normal tissue after injury.
✔✔Excoriation - ✔✔Linear scratch mark.
✔✔Fissure - ✔✔Linear crack extending into the dermis.
✔✔Erosion - ✔✔Superficial loss of epidermis.
✔✔Ulcer - ✔✔Deep loss of epidermis and dermis.
✔✔Crust - ✔✔Dried serum, blood, or exudate.
✔✔Atrophy - ✔✔Thinning of skin.
✔✔Normal Nail Base Angle - ✔✔160 degrees.
✔✔Clubbing - ✔✔Nail base angle greater than 180 degrees.
✔✔Spoon Nails (Koilonychia) - ✔✔Concave nails.
✔✔Splinter Hemorrhages - ✔✔Linear reddish-brown streaks beneath nails.
✔✔Nail Pitting - ✔✔Small depressions in the nail plate.
✔✔Stage 1 Pressure Injury - ✔✔Nonblanchable erythema of intact skin.
✔✔Stage 2 Pressure Injury - ✔✔Partial-thickness skin loss.
✔✔Stage 3 Pressure Injury - ✔✔Full-thickness skin loss.
✔✔Stage 4 Pressure Injury - ✔✔Full-thickness tissue loss with exposed muscle,
tendon, or bone.
✔✔Unstageable Pressure Injury - ✔✔Base covered by slough or eschar.
✔✔Deep Tissue Pressure Injury - ✔✔Persistent deep red, maroon, or purple
discoloration.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Dysplastic Mole - ✔✔Variegated color, irregular borders, uneven surface, often
greater than 6 mm, commonly on trunk or back.
✔✔Macule - ✔✔Flat lesion less than 1 cm.
✔✔Papule - ✔✔Elevated solid lesion less than 1 cm.
✔✔Patch - ✔✔Flat lesion greater than 1 cm.
✔✔Plaque - ✔✔Elevated lesion greater than 1 cm.
✔✔Wheal - ✔✔Transient elevated lesion caused by dermal edema.
✔✔Nodule - ✔✔Solid lesion extending deeper into the dermis.
✔✔Mass - ✔✔Large nodule.
✔✔Vesicle - ✔✔Fluid-filled lesion less than 1 cm.
✔✔Bulla - ✔✔Fluid-filled lesion greater than 1 cm.
✔✔Pustule - ✔✔Pus-filled lesion.
✔✔Cyst - ✔✔Encapsulated fluid-filled or semisolid lesion.
✔✔Telangiectasia - ✔✔Dilated superficial blood vessels.
✔✔Scale - ✔✔Flaking epidermis.
, ✔✔Lichenification - ✔✔Thickened skin caused by chronic scratching.
✔✔Keloid - ✔✔Excessive scar tissue extending beyond the original wound.
✔✔Scar - ✔✔Fibrous tissue replacing normal tissue after injury.
✔✔Excoriation - ✔✔Linear scratch mark.
✔✔Fissure - ✔✔Linear crack extending into the dermis.
✔✔Erosion - ✔✔Superficial loss of epidermis.
✔✔Ulcer - ✔✔Deep loss of epidermis and dermis.
✔✔Crust - ✔✔Dried serum, blood, or exudate.
✔✔Atrophy - ✔✔Thinning of skin.
✔✔Normal Nail Base Angle - ✔✔160 degrees.
✔✔Clubbing - ✔✔Nail base angle greater than 180 degrees.
✔✔Spoon Nails (Koilonychia) - ✔✔Concave nails.
✔✔Splinter Hemorrhages - ✔✔Linear reddish-brown streaks beneath nails.
✔✔Nail Pitting - ✔✔Small depressions in the nail plate.
✔✔Stage 1 Pressure Injury - ✔✔Nonblanchable erythema of intact skin.
✔✔Stage 2 Pressure Injury - ✔✔Partial-thickness skin loss.
✔✔Stage 3 Pressure Injury - ✔✔Full-thickness skin loss.
✔✔Stage 4 Pressure Injury - ✔✔Full-thickness tissue loss with exposed muscle,
tendon, or bone.
✔✔Unstageable Pressure Injury - ✔✔Base covered by slough or eschar.
✔✔Deep Tissue Pressure Injury - ✔✔Persistent deep red, maroon, or purple
discoloration.
