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Summary NURS6560 / NURS 6560 Final Exam Review
(Latest 2025): Advanced Practice Care of Adults in
Acute Care Settings II - Walden
EPAP .....ANSWER.....expiratory positive airway pressure
CPAP .....ANSWER.....continuous positive airway pressure
a treatment for apnea involving keeping a patient's airways
open using air pressure delivered via a face mask
IPAP=EPAP
ABCDE .....ANSWER.....asymmetry, border, color, diameter
>6mm, evolving
skin eruptions or exanthema 3 groups .....ANSWER.....1. Macular
and maculopapular lesions
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2. vesicular or bullous lesions
3. pustular, petechial, or purpuric lesions
secondary changes of skin lesions .....ANSWER.....comedones,
crusting, excoriation, lichenification, scales, scarring,
telangiectasia
acne .....ANSWER.....inflammatory disease of the skin involving
the sebaceous glands and hair follicles
causes: corticosteriods, isoniazid
bullous lesions .....ANSWER.....Caused by exfoliative toxins A and
B
Have the appearance of wrinkled tissue paper
Lead to widespread desquamation of the skin
Patients are left vulnerable to secondary bacterial infections
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causes: barbiturate overdose, penicillamine, sulfonamides
eczematous dermatitis .....ANSWER.....most common inflammatory
skin disorder, several forms including irritant contact dermatitis
allergic contact dermatitis and atopic dermatitis
causes: abx, methyldopa, phenylbutazone, sulfonamides
erythemia multiforme .....ANSWER.....Hypersensitivity reaction
characterized by targetoid rash and bullae; *HSV and
mycoplasma infections; EM with oral mucosa and fever is steven-
johnson syndrome
causes: barbiturates, hydantois, penicillin, salicylates,
sulfonamides, sulfonylureas
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erythema nodosum .....ANSWER.....inflammation of subcutaneous
tissues resulting in tender, erythematous nodules; may be an
abnormal immune response to a systemic disease, an infection, or
a drug
causes: contraceptives, sulfonamides
exfoliative dermatitis .....ANSWER.....a condition in which there is
widespread scaling of the skin, often with pruritus, erythroderma,
and hair loss
causes: allopurinal, gold, indomethacin, phenylbutazone
lichenoid eruption .....ANSWER.....violaceous to purple, polygonal
lesions that resemble those seen in lichen planus
Summary NURS6560 / NURS 6560 Final Exam Review
(Latest 2025): Advanced Practice Care of Adults in
Acute Care Settings II - Walden
EPAP .....ANSWER.....expiratory positive airway pressure
CPAP .....ANSWER.....continuous positive airway pressure
a treatment for apnea involving keeping a patient's airways
open using air pressure delivered via a face mask
IPAP=EPAP
ABCDE .....ANSWER.....asymmetry, border, color, diameter
>6mm, evolving
skin eruptions or exanthema 3 groups .....ANSWER.....1. Macular
and maculopapular lesions
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2. vesicular or bullous lesions
3. pustular, petechial, or purpuric lesions
secondary changes of skin lesions .....ANSWER.....comedones,
crusting, excoriation, lichenification, scales, scarring,
telangiectasia
acne .....ANSWER.....inflammatory disease of the skin involving
the sebaceous glands and hair follicles
causes: corticosteriods, isoniazid
bullous lesions .....ANSWER.....Caused by exfoliative toxins A and
B
Have the appearance of wrinkled tissue paper
Lead to widespread desquamation of the skin
Patients are left vulnerable to secondary bacterial infections
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causes: barbiturate overdose, penicillamine, sulfonamides
eczematous dermatitis .....ANSWER.....most common inflammatory
skin disorder, several forms including irritant contact dermatitis
allergic contact dermatitis and atopic dermatitis
causes: abx, methyldopa, phenylbutazone, sulfonamides
erythemia multiforme .....ANSWER.....Hypersensitivity reaction
characterized by targetoid rash and bullae; *HSV and
mycoplasma infections; EM with oral mucosa and fever is steven-
johnson syndrome
causes: barbiturates, hydantois, penicillin, salicylates,
sulfonamides, sulfonylureas
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erythema nodosum .....ANSWER.....inflammation of subcutaneous
tissues resulting in tender, erythematous nodules; may be an
abnormal immune response to a systemic disease, an infection, or
a drug
causes: contraceptives, sulfonamides
exfoliative dermatitis .....ANSWER.....a condition in which there is
widespread scaling of the skin, often with pruritus, erythroderma,
and hair loss
causes: allopurinal, gold, indomethacin, phenylbutazone
lichenoid eruption .....ANSWER.....violaceous to purple, polygonal
lesions that resemble those seen in lichen planus
