Skin Assessment

Question 1

What do you use during skin assessment?

Answer 1

Wear gloves and use inspection and palpation

Question 2

What are we checking for with skin?

Answer 2

Overall appearance- color, moisture, texture,
turgor, temperature- Normal-skin warm, dry and
intact

Question 3

What are we checking for with hair?

Answer 3

note distribution, quantity, texture, and color

Question 4

What are we checking for with nails?

Answer 4

Examine for color, shape, thickness, and contour

Question 5

What can clubbed finger nails signify?

Answer 5

common in smokers and patients with

chronic respiratory distress orders (hypoxia).

Question 6

Angle for clubbed nails?

Answer 6

Angle is greater than 18 degrees and nail is enlarged and curved

Question 7

cyst

Answer 7

closed sac in or under the skin that contains

fluid or semisolid material

Question 8

macule

Answer 8

small discolored spot or patch on the

skin

Question 9

papule

Answer 9

a solid round, raised lesion that’s usually

less than 1 cm in diameter

Question 10

wheal

Answer 10

raised, red area that’s commonly itchy and last for 24 hours or less

Question 11

pustule

Answer 11

small pus-filled lesion

Question 12

ulcer

Answer 12

crater like lesion of the skin that usually

extends into the dermis

Question 13

vesicle

Answer 13

small fluid filled blister that is usually 1 cm or less in diameter

Question 14

Rules for early detection of melanoma

Answer 14

ABCDE

Question 15

what does ABCDE stand for?

Answer 15

asymmetrical lesions, irregular borders, color variations, diameter greater than 6 cm, elevated or enlarging lesions