COMPREHENSIVE NURS 6001 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Malignant Diseases. Answer:
Basal cell carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Melanoma
Paget's disease
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
Kaposi's sarcoma
Metastasis to the skin
◉ Red Flags in the Skin Assessment. Answer: Fever
Ill appearance
Extreme of age (young or old)
Purpura or petichiae
Generalized or musculoskeletal pain
Immunocompromised
Lymphadenopathy
Commonly offending drugs
Nonhealing chronic lesion
, Chronic, irregular, and evolving lesion greater than 6 mm
Oral lesions
◉ Premalignant Disease: Answer: Actinic keratosis: leads to
squamous cancer
Keratoacanthoma: leads to squamous cancer
Dysplastic nevus: mole that changes in appearance
◉ Geriatric Skin Changes. Answer: Less subq fat, less collagen, less
sweat glands, less hair follicles
Xerosis: dryness of skin
Stasis dermatitis
Rosacea
Benign skin tumours such as seborrheic keratosis (waxy stuck on
lesions)- very common in elderly
Skin tags: acrochordon
◉ Weber Test. Answer: performed with a tuning fork (500-1,000
Hz). The test measures the patient's ability to hear sound bilaterally.
The tuning fork is tapped gently, and the base of the tuning fork is
placed on the midline of the patient's head. The patient should hear
the vibration equally in both ears
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Malignant Diseases. Answer:
Basal cell carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Melanoma
Paget's disease
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
Kaposi's sarcoma
Metastasis to the skin
◉ Red Flags in the Skin Assessment. Answer: Fever
Ill appearance
Extreme of age (young or old)
Purpura or petichiae
Generalized or musculoskeletal pain
Immunocompromised
Lymphadenopathy
Commonly offending drugs
Nonhealing chronic lesion
, Chronic, irregular, and evolving lesion greater than 6 mm
Oral lesions
◉ Premalignant Disease: Answer: Actinic keratosis: leads to
squamous cancer
Keratoacanthoma: leads to squamous cancer
Dysplastic nevus: mole that changes in appearance
◉ Geriatric Skin Changes. Answer: Less subq fat, less collagen, less
sweat glands, less hair follicles
Xerosis: dryness of skin
Stasis dermatitis
Rosacea
Benign skin tumours such as seborrheic keratosis (waxy stuck on
lesions)- very common in elderly
Skin tags: acrochordon
◉ Weber Test. Answer: performed with a tuning fork (500-1,000
Hz). The test measures the patient's ability to hear sound bilaterally.
The tuning fork is tapped gently, and the base of the tuning fork is
placed on the midline of the patient's head. The patient should hear
the vibration equally in both ears
