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While performing an initial assessment of a client admitted with appendicitis, the nurse observes an elevated blue-black lesion on the client's ear. The nurse knows that this lesion is consistent with what type of skin cancer?

Malignant melanoma

The nurse is assessing a patient with toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). What assessment data would indicate that the patient may be progressing to keratoconjunctivitis?

Pruritus of the eyes Burning of the eyes Dryness of the eyes

Compression

bone has been compressed (seen in vertebral fractures)

Comminuted

bone has splintered into several fragments

depressed fracture

broken bone portion is pressed inward, typical of skull/face fracture

Compound

damage also involves the skin or mucous membranes

simple fracture

does not break the skin

impacted fracture

driven into another bone fragment

epiphyseal fracture

epiphysis separates from diaphysis

pathologic fracture

fracture caused by diseased or weakened bone (bone cyst, Paget's disease, bony metastasis, tumor); can occur without trauma or a fall

history of diabetes mellitus has recently developed furunculosis. What is causing the client's condition?

infection

not an assessment finding with shingles?

nausea and vomiting

oblique fracture

occurs at an angle across the bone

transverse fracture

occurs straight across the bone

greenstick fracture

one side of a bone is broken and the other side is bent

A client is undergoing photochemotherapy involving a combination of a photosensitizing chemical and ultraviolet light. What health problem does this client most likely have?

psoriasis

avulsion fracture

pulling away of a fragment of bone by a ligament or tendon and its attachment

spiral fracture

twisting around the shaft of the bone

The nurse is conducting a community education program on basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Which statement should the nurse make?

It begins as a small, waxy nodule with rolled translucent, pearly borders

nurse is providing care for a client who has psoriasis. Following the appearance of skin lesions, the nurse should prioritize what assessment?

Assessment of the client's joints for pain and decreased range of motion