Skin, Hair, Nails

The student nurse learns that examining the skin can do all of the following except?

Allow for the early detection of neurological deficits

What abnormal physical response should the nurse be prepared to manage after noting pallor in a client?

Fainting

While performing a focused skin assessment on a new client, the client reports "the mole on my neck seems different." What is the best response by the nurse?

How has it changed?

Parents bring a child to the clinic and report a "rash" on her knee. On assessment, the nurse practitioner notes the area to be a reddish-pink lesion covered with silvery scales. What would the nurse practitioner chart?

Psoriasis

Short, pale, and fine hair that is present over much of the body is termed

Vellus

The apocrine glands are dormant until puberty and are concentrated in the axillae, the perineum, and the

areola of the breasts

A nurse observes the presence of hirsutism on a female client. The nurse should perform further assessment on this client for findings associated with which disease process?

cushing's

hirsutism

excessive hair growth

A nurse is performing a comprehensive assessment on a client. The nurse observes pale, cyanotic nails with a 180-degree angle with spongy sensation and clubbing of the distal ends of the fingers. The nurse identifies these signs and symptoms as indications of which of the following conditions?

hypoxia

An elderly bedridden client has a pressure ulcer that is not healing on the coccyx. What must the nurse do to improve this client's outcome?

modify the nursing interventions and evaluate the outcomes