NURS 190: Physical Assessment Chapter 4 QUIZ With Complete Solution 2023 Updated
Kaposi's sarcoma correct answers Form of skin cancer frequently seen
... [Show More] in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients. Consists of brownish-purple papules that spread from the skin and metastasize to internal organs.
Different types of Assessment techniques correct answers - INPECTION is the technique used initially in physical assessment.
- AUSCULATION is the use of your stethoscope
- PERCUSSION use of your fingertips, the middle finger tips or blunt percussion which is the use of the palm of your hands with your fist type twice.
- PALPATION use the finger pads or metacarpophalangeal joints of the hand.
What are the common clinical equipment used in the clinical area? correct answers - Doppler when you can not palpate the pulses
- Goniometer used to asses the degree of joint flexion and extension.
- Wood lamp to asses fungal infection on the skin
- Skinfold calipers used to asses subcutaneous thickness
- Transilluminator used to detect blood, fluid or masses or air body cavities.
- Stadiometers measures height of the patient
Goniometer correct answers - used to asses the degree of joint flexion and extension.
Wood lamp correct answers - to asses fungal infection on the skin
Skinfold calipers correct answers - used to asses subcutaneous thickness
Transilluminator correct answers - used to detect blood, fluid or masses or air body cavities.
Stadiometers correct answers - measures height of the patient
Review the different types of primary lesions correct answers - Macules a patch of skin that is altered in color but usually not elevated
- Papule (maculopapular): An elevated solid lesion, up to 0.5 cm in size, circumscribed and firm. It can appear in various colors.
- Vesicle; A fluid- filled blister less than 0.5 cm in size
- Bullae; a fluid-filled sac or lesion that appears when is trapped under a thin layer of skin.
- Wheal; an irregular-shaped, solid, elevated area that can vary in color and its transient
Papule (maculopapular) correct answers - Something you can feel such as a mole, caused by superficial thickening in epidermis
Vesicle correct answers - A fluid- filled blister less than 0.5 cm in size
Bullae correct answers - a fluid-filled sac or lesion that appears when is trapped under a thin layer of skin.
Wheal correct answers - an irregular-shaped, solid, elevated area that can vary in color and its transient
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Different types of vascular lesions correct answers
Venous lake correct answers - a soft lesion on the neck or the lip dark blue and it is compressible.
Port-wine stain correct answers - a flat lesion, purple red, irregular shaped, when patient cries it deepens in color.
Identify the different types of malignant lesions correct answers Kaposi's sarcoma; Form of skin cancer frequently seen in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients. Consists of brownish-purple papules that spread from the skin and metastasize to internal organs. [Show Less]