Nur 1460 OCC-Quiz 2/3 with 100% Solved 2024

Nur 1460 OCC-Quiz 2/3 with 100% Solved 2024 What are the three layers of the skin? - Answer- Epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous What is pruritis? - Answer- Itching What are some examples of subjective data to collect from assessing the patient's skin? - Answer- (This is what they say)-previous history, change in pigment, change in moles, moisture/dryness, bruising, rash, pruritis, lesions, meds, hair loss, change in nails, hazards they work with, self-care behaviors (like using sunscreen, etc) When inspecting and palpating the skin, the nurse should look at the ____ of the skin (to assess for oxygenation and see if it's appropriate for their ethnicity) - Answer- color When checking the skin for fluid overload what are we checking for and how do we rate that? - Answer- edema and it ranges from 0-4+ What does mobility and tugor tell the nurse about a patient's skin? - Answer- Checking for dehyration (mobility is the stretching of the skin up and turgor is the recoil) What are cherryangiomas? - Answer- Raised cherry colored papules (look like bright red moles) When assessing a lesion on a patient we want to note the size, location, is it raised, is there any excudate or odor and is there a ____ - Answer- pattern to it What is hyperemia? - Answer- red, bright pink skin (or purpleish on dark skin) What is vitiligo? - Answer- patchy milky white spots often symmetric bilaterally caused by depigmentation of the skin