Physical assessment: Skin, Hair, Nails
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- The secretion form the eccrine glands is
- dilute saline solution
- Nevus is the medical term for:
- a mole
- To assess for early jaundice, you will assess:
- sclera and hard palate
- Checking for skin temperature is base accomplished by using:
- the dorsal surface of the hand
- skin turgor is assessed by Picking up a large fold of skin on the anterior ches tunder the clavicle. This is done to determine:
- dehydration
- You note a lesion during an examination. What would be included in a complete description?
- Color, raised/flat, borders, location, size and drainage.
- You examine nail beds for clubbing. The normal angle between the nail base and the nails is:
- 160*
- The capilary beds should refill after being depressed in:
- 1-2 seconds
- During a routine visit, M., aged 78, askes about small, round, flat, brown macules on the hands. Your best response after examining the area is:
- "These are the result of sun exposure and do not require treatment."
- An area of thin, shiny skin with decreased visibility of normal skin marking is called:
- atrophy
- Flattening of the angle between the nail and its base is:
- clubbing
- The configuration for individual lesions arranged in circles or arcs, as occurs with ringworm is caled
- annular
- The "A" in the ABCDE rule stands for:
- asymmentry
- A risk factor for melanoma is:
- skin that frecles or burns before tanning
- Lyme disease in more prevalent:
- in May to September