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1. The nurse is bathing an 80-year-old man and notices that his skin is wrinkled,
thin, lax, and dry. This ƒinding would be related to which ƒactor?
a. Increased vascularity oƒ the skin in the elderly
b. Increased numbers oƒ sweat and sebaceous glands in the elderly
c. An increase in elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous ƒat in the elderly
d. An increased loss oƒ elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous ƒat in the
elderly: An increased loss oƒ elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous ƒat in the elderly
2. A patient comes to the clinic and tells the nurse that he has been conƒined to
his recliner chair ƒor about three days with his ƒeet down and he wants the
nurse to evaluate his ƒeet. During the assessment, the nurse might expect to
ƒind
a. pallor.
b. coolness.
c. distended veins
d. prolonged capillary ƒilling time.: distended veins
3. The nurse notices that a school-aged child has bluish-white, red-based spots
in her mouth that are elevated about 1 mm to 3 mm. What other signs would
the nurse expect to ƒind in this patient?
a. A pink, papular rash on the ƒace and neck
b. Pruritic vesicles over her trunk and neck
c. Hyperpigmentation on the chest, abdomen, and the back oƒ the arms
d. A red-purple, maculopapular, blotchy rash behind the ears and on the ƒace: A
red-purple, maculopapular, blotchy rash behind the ears and on the ƒace
4. The nurse notices that a patient has a solid, elevated, circumscribed lesion
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, that is less than 1 cm in diameter. When documenting this ƒinding, the nurse
would report this as a
a. bulla.
b. wheal.
c. wheal.
d. papule.: papule.
5. A 65-year-old man with emphysema and bronchitis has come to the clinic ƒor
a ƒollow-up appointment. On assessment, the nurse might expect to see which
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