NR 576 Practice Exam with Accurate Answers
Impetigo - ✔✔red, crusty rash usually located on the face or on the extremities
Pityriasis Rosea - ✔✔Presents with a herald patch, Christmas-tree pattern.
herpes varicella - ✔✔vesicular skin rash, most commonly a thoracic or lumbar dermatome. The
rash begins as erythema, then changes to papular lesions that rapidly forms vesicles
Psoriasis - ✔✔well-circumscribed, raised, erythematous papules and plaques, covered with
silvery-white scales
contact dermatitis - ✔✔- irritated or allergic
- acute presentation of contact dermatitis is characterized by weeping lesions with numerous
tiny vesicles on an erythematous base that is pruritic or has a burning or stinging sensation.
Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema) - ✔✔- Erythema is often seen before pruritus, and the acute lesions
are excoriated, maculopapular, and inflamed. Later the rash becomes crusted, scaly, thickened,
and lichenified.
- the itch occurs before the rash appears, and scratching the rash worsens it.
The school nurse recognizes the signs of scabies when a child presents with:
A. small fluid filled blisters that sting when scratched.
B. dry scaly patches in body creases that itch.
C. wavy threadlike lines on the body and pruritus.
D. cluster of papular lesions with pruritus. - ✔✔ANS: C
Scabies is manifested by brown threadlike lines on the body, especially the hands, anus, and
body folds. Pruritus is severe.
, Which of the following are nursing interventions and patient teaching for the treatment of head
lice and scabies? (Select all that apply.)
A. Clothing, linens, and bath articles thoroughly cleaned in hot water
Stress nature and transmission of the disease
Special carbohydrate diet to promote healing
Complete isolation from the public - ✔✔
herpes simplex - ✔✔"cold sores"; clear vesicles with red base that evolve into pustules, usually
at lip-skin junction
Herpetic keratoconjunctivitis - ✔✔primary or secondary ocular viral infection (HSV-1 or HSV-2)
from splashing saliva or fluid from a vesicular lesion into unprotected eye
herpetic tracheobronchitisi - ✔✔pharynx, trachea, bronchi
older adults
Herpes simplex encephalitis - ✔✔A viral infection of the brain that can damage the temporal
lobes and hippocampus and cause memory loss
Herpes gladiatorum - ✔✔A skin infection caused by the herpes simplex type 1 virus and seen
among athletes participating in contact sports - Shoulder, neck, knuckles, areas of contact
Herpetic whitlow - ✔✔An infection caused by herpes simplex virus infection that involves the
distal phalanx of a finger. can also be an occupational hazard among dental workers and others
whose hands are exposed to infected oral secretions
Eczema herpeticum - ✔✔primary HSV infection in atopic dermatitis. Umbilicated vesicles over
eczema areas, fever, LAD. Can be life threatening in infants. Tx- acyclovir.
Impetigo - ✔✔red, crusty rash usually located on the face or on the extremities
Pityriasis Rosea - ✔✔Presents with a herald patch, Christmas-tree pattern.
herpes varicella - ✔✔vesicular skin rash, most commonly a thoracic or lumbar dermatome. The
rash begins as erythema, then changes to papular lesions that rapidly forms vesicles
Psoriasis - ✔✔well-circumscribed, raised, erythematous papules and plaques, covered with
silvery-white scales
contact dermatitis - ✔✔- irritated or allergic
- acute presentation of contact dermatitis is characterized by weeping lesions with numerous
tiny vesicles on an erythematous base that is pruritic or has a burning or stinging sensation.
Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema) - ✔✔- Erythema is often seen before pruritus, and the acute lesions
are excoriated, maculopapular, and inflamed. Later the rash becomes crusted, scaly, thickened,
and lichenified.
- the itch occurs before the rash appears, and scratching the rash worsens it.
The school nurse recognizes the signs of scabies when a child presents with:
A. small fluid filled blisters that sting when scratched.
B. dry scaly patches in body creases that itch.
C. wavy threadlike lines on the body and pruritus.
D. cluster of papular lesions with pruritus. - ✔✔ANS: C
Scabies is manifested by brown threadlike lines on the body, especially the hands, anus, and
body folds. Pruritus is severe.
, Which of the following are nursing interventions and patient teaching for the treatment of head
lice and scabies? (Select all that apply.)
A. Clothing, linens, and bath articles thoroughly cleaned in hot water
Stress nature and transmission of the disease
Special carbohydrate diet to promote healing
Complete isolation from the public - ✔✔
herpes simplex - ✔✔"cold sores"; clear vesicles with red base that evolve into pustules, usually
at lip-skin junction
Herpetic keratoconjunctivitis - ✔✔primary or secondary ocular viral infection (HSV-1 or HSV-2)
from splashing saliva or fluid from a vesicular lesion into unprotected eye
herpetic tracheobronchitisi - ✔✔pharynx, trachea, bronchi
older adults
Herpes simplex encephalitis - ✔✔A viral infection of the brain that can damage the temporal
lobes and hippocampus and cause memory loss
Herpes gladiatorum - ✔✔A skin infection caused by the herpes simplex type 1 virus and seen
among athletes participating in contact sports - Shoulder, neck, knuckles, areas of contact
Herpetic whitlow - ✔✔An infection caused by herpes simplex virus infection that involves the
distal phalanx of a finger. can also be an occupational hazard among dental workers and others
whose hands are exposed to infected oral secretions
Eczema herpeticum - ✔✔primary HSV infection in atopic dermatitis. Umbilicated vesicles over
eczema areas, fever, LAD. Can be life threatening in infants. Tx- acyclovir.
