Nur 1460 OCC-Quiz 2/3 (100% solved)

What are the three layers of the skin? correct answers Epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous What is pruritis? correct answers Itching What are some examples of subjective data to collect from assessing the patient's skin? correct answers (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) correct answers color When checking the skin for fluid overload what are we checking for and how do we rate that? correct answers edema and it ranges from 0-4+ What does mobility and tugor tell the nurse about a patient's skin? correct answers Checking for dehyration (mobility is the stretching of the skin up and turgor is the recoil) What are cherryangiomas? correct answers 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 ____ correct answers pattern to it What is hyperemia? correct answers red, bright pink skin (or purpleish on dark skin) What is vitiligo? correct answers patchy milky white spots often symmetric bilaterally caused by depigmentation of the skin What is albinism? correct answers Whitish pink coloring of the skin;absence of pigment melanin What does pallor mean? correct answers Paleness to the skin-can be caused by anemia or shock What is an annular lesion? correct answers circular lesions that begin in the center and spread (like ringworm) What is a confluent lesion? correct answers These are lesions that run together (like uticaria) What is a discrete lesion? correct answers An individualized lesion that remains separate and distinct What do you call a cluster of lesions such as vesicles of contact dermatitis? correct answers Grouped