SEM 580 MODULE III EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026

SEM 580 MODULE III EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026 What is a comprehensive patient assessment? - Answers A global assessment that provides insight on the patient's medical status and factors that could impair wound, ostomy, or continence progress. This helps determine the etiology of the WOC issue.. What is a risk assessment? - Answers An assessment that assists in determining the patient's level of risk in developing complications or skin injury and development of a plan of care to provide prevention/protection for the skin. What 4 factors are included in the comprehensive patient assessment? - Answers history, focused physical exam, identify barriers, and setting goals What does OLDCART stand for? - Answers Onset Location Duration Characteristics Aggravating factors Relieving factors Treatment What are objective findings in a focused physical exam? - Answers What you SEE, HEAR, SMELL, FEEL, and MEASURE. VS, age, gender, appearance, cognitive function, characteristics of WOC area, diagnostic assessments (braden, fall, morse...), lab results What 4 factors need to be included in goal setting? - Answers - patient centered - realistic and evidence-based - short term - long term What is subjective data in a physical assessment? - Answers history of present problem, past medical history, review of systems, medication review Skin inspection vs assessment - Answers skin inspection is a visual observation from head to toe skin assessment is inspection plus palpation What is a flat, circumscribed skin discoloration 0.5 cm. Ex) Freckle, flat mole, petechia - Answers Macule What is a flat, nonpalpable, irregular-shaped macule 0.5 cm ex) Vitiligo, port-wine stain - Answers Patch What is an elevated, firm, circumscribed palpable area of skin 0.5 cm ex) Wart, elevated mole - Answers Papule What is an elevated, firm circumscribed, palpable area deeper in dermis than a papule 0.5 cm; tumor if 2cm - Answers Nodule What is an elevated, firm, rough lesion with flat top surface 0.5 cm ex) Psoriasis, seborrheic keratosis - Answers Plaque What is an elevated, circumscribed, serous fluid beneath the epidermis 0.5 cm ex) chicken pox, herpes zoster - Answers Vesicle What is an elevated, superficial lesion like a vesicle but filled with purulent fluid? ex) acne, impetigo - Answers Pustule What is an elevated, circumscribed, encapsulated lesion in the dermis or subcutaneous layer; filled with liquid or semisolid material? - Answers Cyst What is a circumscribed, irregular-shaped, elevated area of cutaneous edema; solid, transient ex) bug bite, allergic reaction, TB test - Answers Wheal What is a vesicle 0.5 cm - Answers Bulla What are the fine, irregular lines produced by capillaries? Ex) Rosacea around nose, spider veins - Answers Telangiectasia What are palpable and nonpalpable red or violaceous discoloration due to extravasation of blood in the skin or vascular inflammation? - Answers Purpura What is extravasation of blood into the skin or mucous membranes? Flat, color changes progress over time. - Answers Bruise/ecchymosis What are the time 1-2 mm, red macules that result from tiny hemorrhages? - Answers Petechiae What is a linear epidermal abrasion caused by scratching? - Answers Excoriation What is a burning, itching (pruritis), erythema, and scaling, maculopapular rash with satellite lesions, advancing border with central redness? - Answers Candidiasis What is a linear crack in the epidermis? May be moist or dry. ex) Athlete's foot - Answers Fissure What is erosion? - Answers The loss of epidermis What is a heaped up, keritinized stack of cells; flaky skin, irregular; thick or thin; ex) Dry skin, seborrheic dermatitis - Answers Scale What is dried serum, blood, or exudate which varies in color. ex) Scab on abrasion. - Answers Crust What is the dry, protective crust that forms over a cut or wound? - Answers Scab What is the brownish pigment caused by the breakdown of blood hemoglobin in red blood cells? Iron and other byproducts are released from hemoglobin through leaking small blood vessels and converted into ______. - Answers Hemosiderin What is hemosiderin a sign of? - Answers Chronic venous insufficiency What is the chronic inflammatory condition characterized by subcutaneous fibrosis and hardening of the skin on the lower legs? Causes a tapering of the leg to an inverted champagne bottle shape. - Answers Lipodermatosclerosis What is the name given to a particular type of angulr scar arising on the lower leg or foot - spontaneously developing lesion, often mistaken for a scar of previous ulcerations - Answers Atrophie blanche What is rough, thickened epidermis due to chronic rubbing, itching ex) Chronic dermatitis - Answers lichenification What is the thinning of skin surface with loss of landmarks, skin is paper-like. ex) Thinned, aged skin - Answers Atrophy What is the thickened, wide, rasied scar due to over production of collagen ex) Surgical incision - Answers Hypertrophic scar What is an irregular-shaped, grossly and progressively elevated scar that grows beyond the boundary of the wound? - Answers Keloid What is a collection of pus in a localized area of tissue surrounded by inflammation? - Answers Abscess What is a generic term meaning inflammation of the skin due to irritation evidenced by itching, redness, and various skn lesions - Answers Dermaitits What is the loss of epidermis due to exposure to urine, feces, body fluids, wound exudate or friction. Superficial erosions. - Answers Denuded What is the sotening and breaking down of the skin due to prolonged exposure to moisture. - Answers Maceration What is the thickening of the epidermis in response to friction or pressure? - Answers Callus What is the new vascular tissue in a wound healing by secondary intention that appears beefy red, velvety, and cobblestone appearance? - Answers Granulation tissue What is the overgrowth of granulation tissue that often appears deep red, pale, boggy, and friable (bleeds easily)? - Answers Hypergranulation