NURS 311- Health Assessment Final Study Guide

NURS 311- Health Assessment Final Study Guide/NURS 311- Health Assessment Final Study Guide. o Location of lesion(s) Generalized vs. Localized Diffuse – all over (chicken pox) Discrete – in limited number of areas (pityriasis rosea on trunk of body) Region of the body Flexor (eczema) or extensor surfaces (psoriasis) Related to clothing lines or jewelry (contact dermatitis) o Lesion Pattern Discrete (skin cancer) Annular or circular (ringworm or tinea corporis) Grouped or clustered (herpes simplex or cold sores) Geographic – all over Linear (contact dermatitis) Gyrate or snakelike (scabies) Confluent or run together (hives or urticarial) Wheal – just one singular hive Target (Lyme) or Iris (erythema muliforme) Primary Skin Lesions – happen from the disease Secondary Skin Lesions