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Exam 2: NSG121/ NSG 121 (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Health Assessment Guide| Questions & Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)- Herzing

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Exam 2: NSG121/ NSG 121 (Latest 2025/ 2026 Update) Health Assessment Guide| Questions & Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)- Herzing QUESTION Single Lesion or Wound Answer: Is this wound acute or chronic? Is it related to medical, surgical, or traumatic causes? Would any factors delay healing, such as malnutrition, impaired circulation, immune suppression, obesity, smoking, diabetes mellitus, or infection? If the patient provides vague or suspicious explanations, be alert to the possibility of abuse and make appropriate referrals. QUESTION Primary Lesions Answer: ▪arise from previously normal skin Examples - macules, papules, nodules, tumors, polyps, wheals, blisters, cysts, pustules, vesicles, and abscesses non-elevated, elevated solid or fluid filled QUESTION Secondary Lesions Answer: Result from changes in primary lesions. Examples - scar tissue, crusts from dried burns QUESTION Subjective Data Collection Signs/Symptoms - Older Adults Answer: Do you have easy or excessive bruising? Does your skin tear or split easily? Are your nails brittle or splitting? QUESTION Cultural considerations - Skin Answer: What are some treatments you use at home for this skin situation? What would your parents do for you if you had this skin situation? Do health care practitioners in your culture apply any health or beauty aids directly to the skin? Why do you think this skin situation began when it did? What do you think caused this situation? What kind of treatment do you think you need to correct the skin situation? What do you fear the most about this skin situation? QUESTION Rubor Answer: Dependent redness QUESTION Brawny Answer: Dark leathery appearance QUESTION Uremic frost Answer: Whitish coating noted with severe kidney failure QUESTION Primary - Macule Answer: Flat, circumscribed, discolored, LESS than 1 cm diameter Ex: Freckles, tattoo, stork bite QUESTION Primary - Patch Answer: Flat, circumscribed, discolored, GREATER than 1 cm diameter Ex: Vitiligo QUESTION Primary - Papule Answer: Raised, defined, any color, less than 1 cm diameter Ex: Wart, insect bite QUESTION Primary - Wheal Answer: Raised, flesh-colored, or red edematous papules or plaques; vary in size and shape Ex: Urticaria QUESTION Primary - Nodule Answer: Solid, palpable, LESS than 1 cm diameter, often with some depth Ex: Basal cell carcinoma QUESTION Primary - Plaque Answer: Raised, defined, any color, more than 1 cm diameter Ex: Psoriasis QUESTION Primary - Tumor Answer: Large nodule, Ex: Large nevus, basal cell carcinoma, lipoma QUESTION Primary - Vesicle Answer:

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Examl 2:l NSG121/l NSGl 121l (Latestl 2025/l
2026l Update)l Healthl Assessmentl Guide|l
Questionsl &l Answers|l Gradel A|l 100%l
Correctl (Verifiedl Solutions)-l Herzing
Q:l Singlel Lesionl orl Wound

Answer:
Isl thisl woundl acutel orl chronic?
Isl itl relatedl tol medical,l surgical,l orl traumaticl causes?
Wouldl anyl factorsl delayl healing,l suchl asl malnutrition,l impairedl circulation,l immunel
suppression,l obesity,l smoking,l diabetesl mellitus,l orl infection?
Ifl thel patientl providesl vaguel orl suspiciousl explanations,l bel alertl tol thel possibilityl ofl
abusel andl makel appropriatel referrals.




Q:l Primaryl Lesions

Answer:
▪arisel froml previouslyl normall skin
Examplesl -l macules,l papules,l nodules,l tumors,l polyps,l wheals,l blisters,
cysts,l pustules,l vesicles,l andl abscesses
non-elevated,l elevatedl solidl orl fluidl filled




Q:l Secondaryl Lesions

Answer:
Resultl froml changesl inl primaryl lesions.
Examplesl -l scarl tissue,l crustsl froml driedl burns

,Q:l Subjectivel Datal Collectionl Signs/Symptomsl -l Olderl Adults

Answer:
Dol youl havel easyl orl excessivel bruising?l Doesl yourl skinl tearl orl splitl easily?
Arel yourl nailsl brittlel orl splitting?




Q:l Culturall considerationsl -l Skin

Answer:
Whatl arel somel treatmentsl youl usel atl homel forl thisl skinl situation?
Whatl wouldl yourl parentsl dol forl youl ifl youl hadl thisl skinl situation?
Dol healthl carel practitionersl inl yourl culturel applyl anyl healthl orl beautyl aidsl directlyl tol
thel skin?
Whyl dol youl thinkl thisl skinl situationl beganl whenl itl did?
Whatl dol youl thinkl causedl thisl situation?
Whatl kindl ofl treatmentl dol youl thinkl youl needl tol correctl thel skinl situation?
Whatl dol youl fearl thel mostl aboutl thisl skinl situation?




Q:l Rubor

Answer:
Dependentl redness




Q:l Brawny

Answer:
Darkl leatheryl appearance




Q:l Uremicl frost

,Answer:
Whitishl coatingl notedl withl severel kidneyl failure




Q:l Primaryl -l Macule

Answer:
Flat,l circumscribed,l discolored,l LESSl thanl 1l cml diameterl Ex:l Freckles,l tattoo,l storkl bite




Q:l Primaryl -l Patch

Answer:
Flat,l circumscribed,l discolored,l GREATERl thanl 1l cml diameterl Ex:l Vitiligo




Q:l Primaryl -l Papule

Answer:
Raised,l defined,l anyl color,l lessl thanl 1l cml diameterl Ex:l Wart,l insectl bite




Q:l Primaryl -l Wheal

Answer:
Raised,l flesh-colored,l orl redl edematousl papulesl orl plaques;l varyl inl sizel andl shapel Ex:l
Urticaria




Q:l Primaryl -l Nodule

, Answer:
Solid,l palpable,l LESSl thanl 1l cml diameter,l oftenl withl somel depthl Ex:l Basall celll
carcinoma




Q:l Primaryl -l Plaque

Answer:
Raised,l defined,l anyl color,l morel thanl 1l cml diameterl Ex:l Psoriasis




Q:l Primaryl -l Tumor

Answer:
Largel nodule,l Ex:l Largel nevus,l basall celll carcinoma,l lipoma




Q:l Primaryl -l Vesicle

Answer:
Fluid-filled,l Lessl thanl 1l cml diameter.l Ex:l herpesl simples,l chickenl pox




Q:l Primaryl -l Bulla

Answer:
Fluid-filled,l Greaterl thanl 1l cml diameterl Ex:l Partial-thicknessl burns,l bullousl impetigo




Q:l Primaryl -l Pustule

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