NR 204 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Questions for this set
Terms in this set (180)
,1. A nurse in a clinic is preparing to obtain a skin specimen from a client who
has a suspected herpes infection. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take? Select all that apply.
A. Scrape the site with a wooden tongue depressor
B. Use a razor to cut the scabbed area to obtain the specimen
C. Use a cotton-tipped application to obtain fluid from the lesion
D. Place specimen in a potassium hydroxide (KOH) solution tube
E. Place collected specimen tube immediately on ice: C. Use a cotton-tipped
application to obtain fluid from the lesion
E. Place collected specimen tube immediately on ice
2. What is the most accurate and definitive way to identify micro-organisms
and cell characteristics?: By examining blood, body fluids, and tissue samples
under a microscope
3. What can skin lesions or changes in skin need?: Confirmation by microscope
to determine if cause is viral, fungal, or bacterial
4. What precautions are used for skin not intact?: Standard precautions
5. How is dark skin/changes in color detected?: By using bright lights
6. How is light skin tones/ areas of hypopigmentation color changes
detected?: By using Wood's Light Examination
,7. What is Wood's Light Examination?: Room is darkened and U.V. light is used
to produce specific colors to reveal a skin infection & discern between dermal &
epidermal lesions & differentiate normal skin from hypo-and hyper pigmented
areas
8. With diascopy what is done to test for blanchability?: Glass slide or
lens pressed down over skin
9. What is a diascopy performed for?: To determine whether lesion is vascular
(inflammatory), nonvascular (nevus), or hemorrhagic (petechiae or purpura)
10. Which lesions do not blanch?: Nonvascular (Nevus) & Hemorragic (Petechiae
or purpura)
11. What lesions blanch?: Vascular (Inflammatory)
12. What does culture refer to?: Isolation of the pathogen on culture media
13. What does sensitivity refer to?: To the effect that antimicrobial agents have
on the micro-organism
, 14. What does it mean if the micro-organism is killed by antimicrobial?: The
microbe is considered sensitive to the medication
15. What does it mean if tolerable levels of medications are unable to kill the
microbe?: The microbe is considered resistant to the medication
16. What can culture and sensitivity be done on?: Sample of purulent drainage
from a skin lesion
17. When should culture be taken?: Before antimicrobial therapy
18. When do culture and sensitivity results come back?: Preliminary: 24-48
hours
Final results: 72 hrs
19. Client presentation of skin lesions?: - Infectious
- Appear raised
- Reddened
- Edematous
- Warm
- Prulent drainage - Fever
Questions for this set
Terms in this set (180)
,1. A nurse in a clinic is preparing to obtain a skin specimen from a client who
has a suspected herpes infection. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take? Select all that apply.
A. Scrape the site with a wooden tongue depressor
B. Use a razor to cut the scabbed area to obtain the specimen
C. Use a cotton-tipped application to obtain fluid from the lesion
D. Place specimen in a potassium hydroxide (KOH) solution tube
E. Place collected specimen tube immediately on ice: C. Use a cotton-tipped
application to obtain fluid from the lesion
E. Place collected specimen tube immediately on ice
2. What is the most accurate and definitive way to identify micro-organisms
and cell characteristics?: By examining blood, body fluids, and tissue samples
under a microscope
3. What can skin lesions or changes in skin need?: Confirmation by microscope
to determine if cause is viral, fungal, or bacterial
4. What precautions are used for skin not intact?: Standard precautions
5. How is dark skin/changes in color detected?: By using bright lights
6. How is light skin tones/ areas of hypopigmentation color changes
detected?: By using Wood's Light Examination
,7. What is Wood's Light Examination?: Room is darkened and U.V. light is used
to produce specific colors to reveal a skin infection & discern between dermal &
epidermal lesions & differentiate normal skin from hypo-and hyper pigmented
areas
8. With diascopy what is done to test for blanchability?: Glass slide or
lens pressed down over skin
9. What is a diascopy performed for?: To determine whether lesion is vascular
(inflammatory), nonvascular (nevus), or hemorrhagic (petechiae or purpura)
10. Which lesions do not blanch?: Nonvascular (Nevus) & Hemorragic (Petechiae
or purpura)
11. What lesions blanch?: Vascular (Inflammatory)
12. What does culture refer to?: Isolation of the pathogen on culture media
13. What does sensitivity refer to?: To the effect that antimicrobial agents have
on the micro-organism
, 14. What does it mean if the micro-organism is killed by antimicrobial?: The
microbe is considered sensitive to the medication
15. What does it mean if tolerable levels of medications are unable to kill the
microbe?: The microbe is considered resistant to the medication
16. What can culture and sensitivity be done on?: Sample of purulent drainage
from a skin lesion
17. When should culture be taken?: Before antimicrobial therapy
18. When do culture and sensitivity results come back?: Preliminary: 24-48
hours
Final results: 72 hrs
19. Client presentation of skin lesions?: - Infectious
- Appear raised
- Reddened
- Edematous
- Warm
- Prulent drainage - Fever
