BHA FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
A client comes to the clinic due to losing a fingernail while doing construction on their
home. The client asks the nurse how long it will take for the fingernail to regrow. What is
the best response by the nurse?
It takes about 6 months to totally replace a fingernail
The terms "generalized," "exposed surfaces," "upper arm," and "skin folds" are used to
describe which major characteristic of skin lesions?
Distribution
A nurse has been assigned several clients on the hospital unit. Which of the following
clients is at highest risk for skin breakdown?
a 30-year-old male who sustained a spinal cord injury who is now paraplegic
The nurse is assessing a dark-skinned client whose forearms and hands have distinct
regions of depigmentation. The nurse should document the presence of what health
problem?
Vitiligo
An adult client is having his skin assessed. The client tells the nurse he has been a heavy
smoker for the last 40 years. The client has clubbing of the fingernails. What does this
finding tell the nurse?
The client has chronic hypoxia
The nurse enters a client's hospital room and the client asks the nurse to raise him up in
the bed. What is the nurse's best action?
Call for help and use the draw sheet to move the client
A nurse assesses a client for past history of nail problems. The nurse should ask questions
about which of these conditions?
, Psoriasis, fungal infections, trauma
An older adult female client is concerned because her skin is very dry. She asks the nurse
why she has dry skin now when she never had dry skin before. The nurse responds to the
client based on the understanding that dry skin is normal with aging due to a decrease of
what?
Sebum production
The nurse notes multiple elevated masses with irregular transient borders that are
superficial, raised, and erythematous in a client who complains of an “itching rash.” Which
question would be most important for the nurse to ask?
Are you allergic to foods, medications, or other substances?
A client tells the clinic nurse that his feet and lower legs turn a blue color. On assessment,
the nurse notes that the client's oxygenation level is within normal levels. The nurse knows
that the blue color the client described is caused by what?
Peripheral cyanosis
A nurse is performing a comprehensive assessment on a client. The nurse observes pale,
cyanotic nails with a 180-degree angle with spongy sensation and clubbing of the distal
ends of the fingers. The nurse identifies these signs and symptoms as indications of which
of the following conditions?
hypoxia
A nurse inspects a client's skin and notices several flat, brown color change areas on the
forearms. What is the proper term for documentation of this finding by the nurse?
Macule
A 72-year-old teacher comes to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation after being in the
hospital for 6 weeks. She was treated for sepsis and respiratory failure and had to be on a
ventilator for 3 weeks. The nurse is completing an initial assessment and evaluating the
client's skin condition. On her sacrum there is full-thickness skin loss that is 5 cm in
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
A client comes to the clinic due to losing a fingernail while doing construction on their
home. The client asks the nurse how long it will take for the fingernail to regrow. What is
the best response by the nurse?
It takes about 6 months to totally replace a fingernail
The terms "generalized," "exposed surfaces," "upper arm," and "skin folds" are used to
describe which major characteristic of skin lesions?
Distribution
A nurse has been assigned several clients on the hospital unit. Which of the following
clients is at highest risk for skin breakdown?
a 30-year-old male who sustained a spinal cord injury who is now paraplegic
The nurse is assessing a dark-skinned client whose forearms and hands have distinct
regions of depigmentation. The nurse should document the presence of what health
problem?
Vitiligo
An adult client is having his skin assessed. The client tells the nurse he has been a heavy
smoker for the last 40 years. The client has clubbing of the fingernails. What does this
finding tell the nurse?
The client has chronic hypoxia
The nurse enters a client's hospital room and the client asks the nurse to raise him up in
the bed. What is the nurse's best action?
Call for help and use the draw sheet to move the client
A nurse assesses a client for past history of nail problems. The nurse should ask questions
about which of these conditions?
, Psoriasis, fungal infections, trauma
An older adult female client is concerned because her skin is very dry. She asks the nurse
why she has dry skin now when she never had dry skin before. The nurse responds to the
client based on the understanding that dry skin is normal with aging due to a decrease of
what?
Sebum production
The nurse notes multiple elevated masses with irregular transient borders that are
superficial, raised, and erythematous in a client who complains of an “itching rash.” Which
question would be most important for the nurse to ask?
Are you allergic to foods, medications, or other substances?
A client tells the clinic nurse that his feet and lower legs turn a blue color. On assessment,
the nurse notes that the client's oxygenation level is within normal levels. The nurse knows
that the blue color the client described is caused by what?
Peripheral cyanosis
A nurse is performing a comprehensive assessment on a client. The nurse observes pale,
cyanotic nails with a 180-degree angle with spongy sensation and clubbing of the distal
ends of the fingers. The nurse identifies these signs and symptoms as indications of which
of the following conditions?
hypoxia
A nurse inspects a client's skin and notices several flat, brown color change areas on the
forearms. What is the proper term for documentation of this finding by the nurse?
Macule
A 72-year-old teacher comes to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation after being in the
hospital for 6 weeks. She was treated for sepsis and respiratory failure and had to be on a
ventilator for 3 weeks. The nurse is completing an initial assessment and evaluating the
client's skin condition. On her sacrum there is full-thickness skin loss that is 5 cm in
