Maryville Nurs 612 Study Guide Exam #2 Questions With Correct Answers

MARYVILLE NURS 612 STUDY GUIDE EXAM #2 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS documentation of skin lesion - Answer-size, shape, color, texture, elevation, depression, attachment, exudate, configuration, location and distribution, subtle details, transillumination, and shine a wood's lamp on it nevi - Answer-normal skin lesions macule - Answer-a flat, circumscribed area that is change in color of skin, less than 1 cm (freckles, flat moles, measles) papule - Answer-an elevated, firm, circumscribed area, less than 1 cm (wart, elevated moles, lichen planus) patch - Answer-a flat, nonpalpable, irregularly shaped macule greater than 1 cm (vitiligo, port wine stains, mongolian spots, cafe au lait) plaque - Answer-an elevated, firm and rough lesion with flat top surface greater than 1 cm (psoriasis, seborrheic, and actinin keratosis) wheal - Answer-elevated, irregular shaped area of cutaneous edema; solid, transient variable diameter (insect bites, urticaria, allergic rxn) nodule - Answer-elevated, firm, circumscribed lesion; deeper in dermis than a papule, 1 to 2 cm in diameter (erythema nodosum, lipoma) tumor - Answer-elevated and solid lesion; may or may not be clearly demarcated; deeper in dermis; greater than 2 cm in diameter (neoplasms, benign tumor, lipoma) vesicle - Answer-elevated, circumscribed, superficial not into the dermis; filled with serous fluid; less than 1 cm in diameter (varicella, herpes zoster) bulla - Answer-vesicle greater than 1 cm in diameter (blister, pemphigus vulgaris) pustule - Answer-elevated, superficial lesion; similar to a vesicle but filled with purulent fluid (impetigo, acne) cyst - Answer-elevated, circumscribed encapsulated lesion; in dermis or subcutaneous layer, filler with liquid or semisolid material (sebaceous cyst or cystic acne) telangiectasia - Answer-fine, irregular, red lines; produced by capillary dilation (rosacea) scale - Answer-heaped up, keratinized cells; flaky skin; irregular; thick and thin; dry or oily; variation in size (flaking of the skin with seborrheic dermatitis, following drug rxn, dry skin)