PNVN 1521 EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Pediculosis - CORRECT ANSWER - Treatment:
• Over the counter preparations/prescription medications
• Applying medication to rid of lice
• Pick off lice and nits with nit comb
Patient Teaching:
• Cool compresses and corticosteroid ointments
• Furniture/Carpet/ Car interior clean to prevent reinfection
• Bed linens washed in hot water and dried in dryer
• Items isolated in trash bags to let lice die
Psoriasis - CORRECT ANSWER - Signs/Symptoms:
• Mild pruritus (itching)
• Feeling of depression, frustration, and loneliness
Treatment:
• Topical Steroids and keratolytic agents in occlusive wet dressings
• Photochemotherapy
• Proper administration of therapeutic modality
Assessment:
• Dull erythematous
• Sharply outlined plaques covered with silvery scales
• Fingernails show pitting with yellowish discoloration
,Eczema - CORRECT ANSWER - Signs/Symptoms:
• Intense Pruritus (itching)
• Scratching
• Fussy and irritable, and anorexia (Children)
• Skin sensitive to touch
Treatment:
• Reduce the amount of allergen exposure
• Break the inflammation cycle
• *HYDRATION OF THE SKIN*
• Wet dressings
• Topical Steroids
• Moisturizer Lotion
Assessment:
• Complaints of pruritus (itching) and scratching
• Vesicles and papules
• Involved areas are erythematous and dry
• Tiny cracks in the epithelium allow fluid escape and further promotes dryness
Stage 1 Burn - CORRECT ANSWER - Superficial
Appearance: Dry, no vesicles, minimal or no edema, blanches
Color: Increased erythema
Sensation: Painful
, Treatment: the emergent phase, onset of injury until the patient stabilizes
Complications: Hypovolemic shock
Stage 2 Burn - CORRECT ANSWER - Partial Thickness
Appearance: Large, moist vesicles that increases in size, blanches
Color: Mottles w/ dull white, tan, pink, or cherry red areas
Sensation: Very painful
Treatment: the intermediate or acute (or diuretic) phase, begins 48-72 hours after the burn injury
Complication: circulatory overload
Stage 3 Burn - CORRECT ANSWER - Full Thickness
Appearance: Dry w/ leathery eschar, charred vessels visible under eschar, vesicles rare, but think
walled vesicles that do not increase in size may be present, no blanching
Color: White,charred, dark tan, black, red
Sensation: Little or no pain, hair easily pulls out
Treatment: Long-term rehabilitation phage, burn wound treatment
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Pediculosis - CORRECT ANSWER - Treatment:
• Over the counter preparations/prescription medications
• Applying medication to rid of lice
• Pick off lice and nits with nit comb
Patient Teaching:
• Cool compresses and corticosteroid ointments
• Furniture/Carpet/ Car interior clean to prevent reinfection
• Bed linens washed in hot water and dried in dryer
• Items isolated in trash bags to let lice die
Psoriasis - CORRECT ANSWER - Signs/Symptoms:
• Mild pruritus (itching)
• Feeling of depression, frustration, and loneliness
Treatment:
• Topical Steroids and keratolytic agents in occlusive wet dressings
• Photochemotherapy
• Proper administration of therapeutic modality
Assessment:
• Dull erythematous
• Sharply outlined plaques covered with silvery scales
• Fingernails show pitting with yellowish discoloration
,Eczema - CORRECT ANSWER - Signs/Symptoms:
• Intense Pruritus (itching)
• Scratching
• Fussy and irritable, and anorexia (Children)
• Skin sensitive to touch
Treatment:
• Reduce the amount of allergen exposure
• Break the inflammation cycle
• *HYDRATION OF THE SKIN*
• Wet dressings
• Topical Steroids
• Moisturizer Lotion
Assessment:
• Complaints of pruritus (itching) and scratching
• Vesicles and papules
• Involved areas are erythematous and dry
• Tiny cracks in the epithelium allow fluid escape and further promotes dryness
Stage 1 Burn - CORRECT ANSWER - Superficial
Appearance: Dry, no vesicles, minimal or no edema, blanches
Color: Increased erythema
Sensation: Painful
, Treatment: the emergent phase, onset of injury until the patient stabilizes
Complications: Hypovolemic shock
Stage 2 Burn - CORRECT ANSWER - Partial Thickness
Appearance: Large, moist vesicles that increases in size, blanches
Color: Mottles w/ dull white, tan, pink, or cherry red areas
Sensation: Very painful
Treatment: the intermediate or acute (or diuretic) phase, begins 48-72 hours after the burn injury
Complication: circulatory overload
Stage 3 Burn - CORRECT ANSWER - Full Thickness
Appearance: Dry w/ leathery eschar, charred vessels visible under eschar, vesicles rare, but think
walled vesicles that do not increase in size may be present, no blanching
Color: White,charred, dark tan, black, red
Sensation: Little or no pain, hair easily pulls out
Treatment: Long-term rehabilitation phage, burn wound treatment
