,dark-skinned patient with cyanosis presents where? - correct answer ✔✔lips, tongue, nail beds, soles of
feet and palms of hand for a blue color
conjunctivae for pallor
dark-skinned patient with jaundice presents where? - correct answer ✔✔oral mucous membrane for a
yellow color; sclera nearest to the iris for a yellow color
dark-skinned patient with bleeding presents where? - correct answer ✔✔look for skin swelling and
darkening; compare affected side with unaffected side
dark-skinned patient with inflammation presents where? - correct answer ✔✔check for warmth or a
shiny, taut, and pitting area
melanoma - correct answer ✔✔worse skin cancer; grows under the skin and goes toward the lymphatic
system; can be genetic
risk factors for skin/tissue integrity - correct answer ✔✔sensory perception; loss of feeling
moisture; dry skin
activity; immobility
mobility; risk of pressure ulcers
nutrition; lack of skin elasticity
friction and shear;
can you determine stage of wound with eschar? - correct answer ✔✔no
stage 3 pressure ulcer description - correct answer ✔✔full thickness; see adipose tissue; no blood supply
stage 4 pressure ulcer description - correct answer ✔✔full thickness tissue loss with exposed bone,
tendons or muscle; no blood supply
unstageable - correct answer ✔✔full thickness tissue loss in which actual depth of the ulcer is
completely obscured by slough or eschar in the wound bed, until removed to expose the base of the
wound, stage cannot be determined
DTI - correct answer ✔✔Purple or maroon localized area of discolored intact skin or blood-filled blister
due to damage of underlying soft tissue from pressure and/or shear.
treatment of pressure ulcer - correct answer ✔✔identify at risk pts and institute precautions and
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