skin Flashcards
1
Q
RN care for aging skin-5
A
- don’t rely on degree of redness/swelling to correlate w degree of injury/infection
- increase risk for sunburn
- pigmented lesions (s/s malignancy)
- multivitamin or Ca w vit D
- reposition q 2 hrs
2
Q
primary lesions
A
initial reaction
3
Q
secondary lesion
A
change in primary lesion
4
Q
lichenfield
A
thickened-caused by scratching
5
Q
ABCDE
A
Assymmetry, Border, Color, Diameter, Evolving
6
Q
petechiae
A
1-3mm, don’t blanche
-capillary fragility
7
Q
ecchymosis
A
greater than 3mm
8
Q
annular
A
ringlike w raised borders around flat clear center of skin
9
Q
circinate
A
circular
10
Q
circumscribed
A
well defined w sharp borders
11
Q
coalesced
A
lesions that merge w one another and appear confluent
12
Q
diffuse
A
widespread involving most of body
13
Q
universal
A
all areas of body involved w no normal skin
14
Q
macules
A
flat, less than 1cm
-freckles, flat moles, rubella
15
Q
nodules
A
elevated marble-like more than 1cm
-lipomas
