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A man has come in to the D
clinic for a skin assessment
because he is afraid he
might have skin cancer.
During the skin
assessment the nurse
notices several areas of
pigmentation that look
greasy, dark, and "stuck
on" his skin. Which is the
best prediction? He
probably has:
A) Senile lentigines, which
do not become cancerous
B) Actinic keratoses, which
are precursors to basal
cell carcinoma
C) Acrochordons, which
are precursors to
squamous cell carcinoma
D) Seborrheic keratoses,
which do not become
cancerous
, A patient tells the nurse B
that he has noticed that
one of his moles has
started to burn and bleed.
The nurse would be
concerned with which
additional finding?
A) Border regularity
B) Color variation
C) Symmetry of lesions
D) Diameter less than 6
mm
An elderly woman is D
brought to the emergency
department after being
found lying on the kitchen
floor 2 days, and she is
extremely dehydrated.
What would the nurse
expect to see upon
examination?
A) White patches on the
mucous membranes
B) Pale mucous
membranes
C) Smooth mucous
membranes and lips
D) Dry mucous
membranes and cracked
lips