NR 509 ADVANCED ASSESSMENT
QUIZ 2 WEEK 2-QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
A 35-year-old archaeologist comes to your office for a regular skin check-up. She
has just returned from her annual dig site in Greece. She has fair skin and reddish-
blond hair. She has many freckles scattered across her skin. From this description,
which of the following is not a risk factor for melanoma in this patient?
Age
Hair color
Heavy sun exposure
Actinic lentiginous - correct-answer -Age
The following information is best placed in which category? The patient has had
three-cesarian sections
Adult illness
Surgeries
Psychiatric
Obstetrics/gynecology. - correct-answer -Surgeries
You are beginning the examination of the skin on a 25 year old teacher. You have
previously elicited that she came to the office for evaluation of fatigue, weight
gain and hair loss. You strongly suspect that she has hypothyroidism. What is the
expected moisture and texture of the skin of a patient with hypothyroidism.