21. The nurse is assessing for the presence of cyanosis in a dark-skinned client. The nurse understands that which body area would provide the best assessment?
a) lips
b) sacrum
c) earlobes
d) back of the hands
22. A male client calls the emergency room and tells the nurse that he had been cleaning a wooded area in the backyard and came directly into contact with poison ivy shrubs. The client tells the nurse that he cannot see anything on the skin and asks the nurse what to do. Which of the following is the appropriate nursing response?
a) come to the emergency room
b) apply calamine lotion immediately to the expected skin areas
c) take a shower immediately , lathering and rinsing several times
d) it is not necessary to do anything if you cannot see anything on your skin
23. The clinic nurse assesses the skin of a white client with a diagnosis of psoriasis. The nurse understands that which characteristic is associated with this skin disorder?
a) clear, thin nail beds
b) red-purplish scaly lesions
c) oily skin and no episodes of pruritis
d) silvery-white scaly patches on the scalp, elbows, knees, and sacral regions
24. The clinic nurse notes that the physician has documented a diagnosis of herpes zoster (shingles) in the client's chart. Based on an understanding of the cause of this disorder, the nurse determines that this definitive diagnosis was made following which diagnosis test?
a) patch test
b) skin biopsy
c) culture of the lesions
d) wood's light examination
25. A client returns to the clinic for follow-up treatment following a skin biopsy of a suspicious lesion performed 1 week ago. The biopsy report indicates that the lesion is a melanoma. The nurse understands that which of the following describes a characteristic of this type of a lesion?
a) metastasis rare
b) melanoma is encapsulated
c) melanoma is highly metastatic
d) melanoma is characterized by local invasion
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