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Nursing Review Practice Exam Questions With Complete Solutions. What is Edema? - CORRECT ANSWER Swelling Where do you pinch to assess turgor? - CORRECT ANSWER Back of forearm or sternum How do you check for vascularity? - CORRECT ANSWER Push into skin and see if it blanches Temperatur...

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Nursing Review Practice Exam
Questions With Complete Solutions.

What is Edema? - CORRECT ANSWER Swelling



Where do you pinch to assess turgor? - CORRECT ANSWER Back of forearm or sternum



How do you check for vascularity? - CORRECT ANSWER Push into skin and see if it blanches



Temperature is best assessed using the _________ portion of the hand - CORRECT ANSWER Dorsal



Where to look for pallor? - CORRECT ANSWER Nails, nail beds, and lips



Best place to check for cyanosis? - CORRECT ANSWER Lips



What is erythema? - CORRECT ANSWER Redness of the skin



Types of Edema: - CORRECT ANSWER -dependent

-pitting

-due to inflammation/injury

-obstruction



Used to predict patients at risk for skin breakdown - CORRECT ANSWER Braden Scale



Braden Scale score range - CORRECT ANSWER 6-23

Lower the score, greater risk

,Largest organ in the body - CORRECT ANSWER Skin



Lesions are measure in - CORRECT ANSWER centimeters



Define macule - CORRECT ANSWER Flat, non-palpable, change in skin color, smaller than 1cm



Example of a macule - CORRECT ANSWER freckle, petechiae



Define nodule - CORRECT ANSWER Elevated solid mass, deeper and firmer than papule 1-2 cm



Example of a nodule - CORRECT ANSWER wart



Define tumor - CORRECT ANSWER solid mass that extends deep through subcutaneous tissue, larder
than 1-2cm



Example of tumor - CORRECT ANSWER Epithelioma



Define wheal - CORRECT ANSWER irregularly shaped, elevated area or superficial localized edema, varies
in size



Example of wheal - CORRECT ANSWER Hive, mosquito bite



Define vesicles - CORRECT ANSWER circumscribed elevation of skin filled with serous fluid, smaller than
1cm



Example of vesicle - CORRECT ANSWER herpes simplex, chickenpox



Most common skin abnormality - CORRECT ANSWER Basal cell carcinoma



What does the A stand for in the skin ABCD assessment - CORRECT ANSWER Asymmetry

, What does the B stand for in the skin ABCD assessment - CORRECT ANSWER Border



What does the C stand for in the skin ABCD assessment - CORRECT ANSWER Color



What does the D stand for in the skin ABCD assessment - CORRECT ANSWER Diameter



Define pustule - CORRECT ANSWER Circumscribed elevation of skin similar to vesicle but filled with pus,
varies in size



Example of pustule - CORRECT ANSWER Acne, staphylococcal infection



Define ulcer - CORRECT ANSWER Deep loss of skin surface that extends to dermis and frequently bleeds
and scars, varies in size



Example of ulcer - CORRECT ANSWER venous stasis ulcer



Define atrophy - CORRECT ANSWER Thinning of skin with loss of normal skin furrow, with skin appearing
shiny and translucent; varies in size



Example of atrophy - CORRECT ANSWER Arterial insufficiency



Define ecchymosis - CORRECT ANSWER a discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding underneath,
typically causes bruising



Define hematoma - CORRECT ANSWER a solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues; goose egg,
blood underneath



Normal nailed degree - CORRECT ANSWER 160 degrees

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