AAMI SCIENCE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
167 QUESTIONS COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥What term refers to a linear skin lesion that runs along a nerve route?
A. Dermatome
B. Zosteriform
C. Shingles
D. Annular
Answer: B
⩥The components of a nail examination include:
A. contour, consistency, and color.
B. clubbing, pitting, and grooving.
C. shape, surface, and circulation.
D. texture, toughness, and translucency.
Answer: A
⩥The nurse is bathing an 80-year-old man and notices that his skin is
wrinkled, thin, lax, and dry. This finding would be related to which
factor?
A. Increased vascularity of the skin in the elderly
, B. Increased numbers of sweat and sebaceous glands in the elderly
C. An increase in elasticity and an increase in subcutaneous fat in the
elderly
D. An increased loss of elasticity and a decrease in subcutaneous fat in
the elderly
Answer: D
⩥A patient tells the nurse that he has noticed that one of his moles has
started to burn and bleed. When assessing his skin, the nurse would pay
special attention to the danger signs for pigmented lesions and would be
concerned with which additional finding?
A. Diameter less than 6 mm
B. Color variation
C. Border regularity
D. Symmetry of lesions
Answer: B
⩥The nurse notices that a patient has a solid, elevated, circumscribed
lesion that is less than 1 cm in diameter. When documenting this finding,
the nurse would report this as a:
A. nodule.
B. bulla.
C. papule.
D. wheal.
167 QUESTIONS COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥What term refers to a linear skin lesion that runs along a nerve route?
A. Dermatome
B. Zosteriform
C. Shingles
D. Annular
Answer: B
⩥The components of a nail examination include:
A. contour, consistency, and color.
B. clubbing, pitting, and grooving.
C. shape, surface, and circulation.
D. texture, toughness, and translucency.
Answer: A
⩥The nurse is bathing an 80-year-old man and notices that his skin is
wrinkled, thin, lax, and dry. This finding would be related to which
factor?
A. Increased vascularity of the skin in the elderly
, B. Increased numbers of sweat and sebaceous glands in the elderly
C. An increase in elasticity and an increase in subcutaneous fat in the
elderly
D. An increased loss of elasticity and a decrease in subcutaneous fat in
the elderly
Answer: D
⩥A patient tells the nurse that he has noticed that one of his moles has
started to burn and bleed. When assessing his skin, the nurse would pay
special attention to the danger signs for pigmented lesions and would be
concerned with which additional finding?
A. Diameter less than 6 mm
B. Color variation
C. Border regularity
D. Symmetry of lesions
Answer: B
⩥The nurse notices that a patient has a solid, elevated, circumscribed
lesion that is less than 1 cm in diameter. When documenting this finding,
the nurse would report this as a:
A. nodule.
B. bulla.
C. papule.
D. wheal.
