NUR 242 Ch 24 Skin Assessment | 180+ Q&A | Lesions, Aging Skin, Color Changes, Biopsy, Nail Conditions

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Skin's appearance, function and texture can be altered by - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔emotional stress, systemic disease, drugs, and injury


What is the main componant of dermal tissue? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔collagen


When skin fragility and transparency present - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔handle

patients carefully

assess for excessive dryness or moisture

avoid taping skin

,With delayed wound healing the nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔avoid skin

trauma and protect open areas

with skin hyperplasia (increase in cell reproduction) and skin cancers the

nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔assess non sun exposed areas for baseline

skin features

assess exposed skin areas for sun induced changes


with increased risk for irritation the nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔teach

patients how to avoid exposure to skin irritants

with decreased skin inflammatory response the nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔make sure to NOT RELY on degree of redness answelling to correlate

with the severity of skin jury or localized infection


with increased risk of sunburn the nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔teach

patients to wear hats, sunscreen, protective clothing

teach to avoid sun between 10-4

with changes in pigmentation (liver spots) then nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔teach patients to keep track of pigmented lesions


teach them what changes should be evaluated for malignancy

,with increased risk for osteomalcia (soft bones) the nurse should - 🧠

ANSWER ✔✔urge patients to take vitamin or calcium supplement with

vitamin D

With increased risk for shearing forces (causing blisters,purpura, tears,

pressure problems) the nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔avoid pulling or

dragging patients.

change positions every two hours

use care when removing adhesive

with increases susceptability to dry skin the nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔teach patients to apply moisturizer when skin is still MOIST


avoid drying agents

with increased risk for heat stroke and hypothermia the nurse should - 🧠

ANSWER ✔✔teach patients to dress for enviornmental temps


with paper thin translucent skin the nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔avoid

tape/tight dressings

handle carefully




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, with decreased tone and elasticity the nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔check

skin turgor on FOREHEAD or CHEST


with cherry hemangiomas the nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔teach patient

these are benign


with reduced sensory perception the nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔teach

patients to reduce water heater temp and use bath themometer


with increased hair thinning the nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔suggest

wearing hats to avoid sunburn and prevent heat loss in winter

with gradual loss of hair color (graying) the nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔teach patients that hair color loss can happen at any age


with increased risk for nail fungal infections the nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER

✔✔inspect nails and teach patients to keep feet warm and dry


with longitudinal nail ridges the nurse should - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔use the

mucosa to assess for nail ridges

with thickened toenails that may overhang the toes the nurse should - 🧠

ANSWER ✔✔use fingernails to assess capillary refill


do not use nail appearance alone to assess for fungal