NURS 190 ACTUAL FINALS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Schamroth technique - ✔✔- used to check for clubbing
- hold thumb together, normal should form a triangle
- abnormal, broken triangle
✔✔Macula/Patch - ✔✔Flat, non-palpable changes in the skin
Macula- petechiae
Patch- port wine stain
✔✔Papule/Plaque - ✔✔Elevated, solid palpable masses with borders
Papule- elevated moles, warts
Plaques- psoriasis
✔✔Erosion/fissure - ✔✔Wearing away of the superficial epidermis causing a moist
shallow depression
crack
erosion- scratch marks
fissure- corner of mouth/athlete's foot
✔✔keloid/ lichenification - ✔✔An elevated, irregular, darkened area of excessive
collagen formation during the healing that extends beyond the site of the original injury.
A rough, thickened, hardened area of epidermis resulting from chronic irritation
keloid- ear pierce
lichenification- chronic dermatitis (scratching)
, ✔✔Rubella (German Measles) - ✔✔A highly contagious viral disease, especially
affecting children, that causes swelling of the lymph glands and a reddish pink rash
✔✔Rubeola - ✔✔a highly contagious viral disease that causes a rash of red and purple
macule or papule
✔✔Varicella (chicken pox) - ✔✔Viral disease (varicella zoster) characterized by small,
red, fluid filled vesicles
lesions begin on the trunk and spread to the face and proximal extremities
✔✔herpes simplex - ✔✔Recurring viral infection that often presents as a fever blister or
cold sore.
✔✔herpes zoster (shingles) - ✔✔reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus
clusters of small vesicles form along the sensory nerves
✔✔contact dermatitis - ✔✔irritated or allergic response of the skin that can lead to an
acute or chronic inflammation
✔✔eczema - ✔✔inflammation of skin causing reddened papule and vesicles that ooze
and weep and possibly crust
✔✔Psoriasis - ✔✔thickening of the skin in dry, silvery, scaly patches due to
overproduction of skin cells
✔✔malignant melanoma - ✔✔The least common but most deadly type of skin cancer
because is spreads rapidly to lymph and blood vessels
✔✔Aloepecia - ✔✔hair loss
✔✔hirsutism - ✔✔excessive hair growth on females following the male pattern due to
endocrine or metabolic dysfunction
✔✔Causes of skin cancer - ✔✔UV rays, change in moles or birthmarks,
sunburns/sunburnt easily
✔✔Tattoos may lead to... - ✔✔infection or irritation
✔✔Piercings may lead to... - ✔✔infection and hepatitis C
✔✔Patients with anxiety may experience... - ✔✔Pallor and diaphoresis
Nurses should acknowledge the problem
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Schamroth technique - ✔✔- used to check for clubbing
- hold thumb together, normal should form a triangle
- abnormal, broken triangle
✔✔Macula/Patch - ✔✔Flat, non-palpable changes in the skin
Macula- petechiae
Patch- port wine stain
✔✔Papule/Plaque - ✔✔Elevated, solid palpable masses with borders
Papule- elevated moles, warts
Plaques- psoriasis
✔✔Erosion/fissure - ✔✔Wearing away of the superficial epidermis causing a moist
shallow depression
crack
erosion- scratch marks
fissure- corner of mouth/athlete's foot
✔✔keloid/ lichenification - ✔✔An elevated, irregular, darkened area of excessive
collagen formation during the healing that extends beyond the site of the original injury.
A rough, thickened, hardened area of epidermis resulting from chronic irritation
keloid- ear pierce
lichenification- chronic dermatitis (scratching)
, ✔✔Rubella (German Measles) - ✔✔A highly contagious viral disease, especially
affecting children, that causes swelling of the lymph glands and a reddish pink rash
✔✔Rubeola - ✔✔a highly contagious viral disease that causes a rash of red and purple
macule or papule
✔✔Varicella (chicken pox) - ✔✔Viral disease (varicella zoster) characterized by small,
red, fluid filled vesicles
lesions begin on the trunk and spread to the face and proximal extremities
✔✔herpes simplex - ✔✔Recurring viral infection that often presents as a fever blister or
cold sore.
✔✔herpes zoster (shingles) - ✔✔reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus
clusters of small vesicles form along the sensory nerves
✔✔contact dermatitis - ✔✔irritated or allergic response of the skin that can lead to an
acute or chronic inflammation
✔✔eczema - ✔✔inflammation of skin causing reddened papule and vesicles that ooze
and weep and possibly crust
✔✔Psoriasis - ✔✔thickening of the skin in dry, silvery, scaly patches due to
overproduction of skin cells
✔✔malignant melanoma - ✔✔The least common but most deadly type of skin cancer
because is spreads rapidly to lymph and blood vessels
✔✔Aloepecia - ✔✔hair loss
✔✔hirsutism - ✔✔excessive hair growth on females following the male pattern due to
endocrine or metabolic dysfunction
✔✔Causes of skin cancer - ✔✔UV rays, change in moles or birthmarks,
sunburns/sunburnt easily
✔✔Tattoos may lead to... - ✔✔infection or irritation
✔✔Piercings may lead to... - ✔✔infection and hepatitis C
✔✔Patients with anxiety may experience... - ✔✔Pallor and diaphoresis
Nurses should acknowledge the problem
