Integumentary

Question 1

What are the skin appendages?

Answer 1

Hair, nails, and glands

Question 2

Assessment of the skin provides data about:

Answer 2

Oxygenation
Circulation
Nutrition
Tissue integrity
Hydration
Hygiene

Question 3

Normal assessment of skin:

Answer 3

Evenly pigmented; no petechaie, no lesions, purpura, or excoriations
Warm, good turgor

Question 4

Normal assessment of Nails:

Answer 4

Pink, oval, adhere to nail with 160 degree angle

Question 5

Normal assessment of Hair:

Answer 5

Shiny, full; amount and distribution appropriate for age, no flaking of scalp or forehead, no pinna

Question 6

Light skin cyanosis

Answer 6

Blue

Question 7

Dark skin cyanosis

Answer 7

grey

Question 8

Ecchymosis light skin

Answer 8

Dark purple, red, green, yellow

Question 9

Ecchymosis dark skin

Answer 9

purple to brownish black

Question 10

Erythmea light skin

Answer 10

reddish tone, possibly increased skin temp

Question 11

Erythmea dark skin

Answer 11

Deeper brown or purple skin with increased skin temp

Question 12

Jaundice light skin

Answer 12

yellow color

Question 13

Jaundice dark skin

Answer 13

yellow green color most noticeable in sclera of eye

Question 14

Pallor in light skin

Answer 14

pale skin appears white or ashen

Question 15

Pallor in dark skin

Answer 15

lack of underlying red tone, yellow brown skin

Question 16

Petechiae light skin

Answer 16

small red-purple lesions

Question 17

Petechia dark skin

Answer 17

difficult to see, may be in mouth or conjunctiva of eye

Question 18

Rash light skin

Answer 18

visualized and felt with light palpation

Question 19

Rash dark skin

Answer 19

Not visualized but felt with light palpation

Question 20

Scar light skin

Answer 20

Generally heals, shows narrow scar line

Question 21

Scar dark skin

Answer 21

Keloid development resulting in thickened raised scar