Skin Assessment
Assessment that may result in tenting
What is skin turgor?
Solid and elevated. i.e - mole or wart
What is a papule?
Another name for mole
What is nevi?
A white discoloration. Looks ashen gray in dark-skinned people.
What is pallor?
Stretch marks
What is striae?
Flat, i.e. - freckles, flat nevi
What is a Macule?
What is the measurement that we become concerned with in a mole
What is 6mm?
Yellow color due to increased bilirubin.
What is jaundice?
Fine, downy hair on an infant's face and body that eventually disappears
What is lanugo?
Filled with pus, i.e. - acne
What is a pustule?
What is the color of an abnormal mole?
What is color variation?
Color seen with decrease oxygenation in the body. Difficult to see in dark-skinned people.
What is cyanosis?
Dark reddish, purple discolorations in the elderly due to vascular fragility.
What is senile purpura?
Filled with clear fluid, i.e. - chicken pox or herpes zoster (shingles)
What is a vesicle?
What would you suspect if there was a change in size, color, bleeding etc in a mole
What is Melanoma?
Seen with fever or inflammation
What is erythema?
Areas to assess for pressure injury
What is back of head, shoulders. elbows, hip, coccyx area, heels?
When tiny capillaries rupture under the skin
What is petechiae?
The 5 criteria we look at to evaluate moles
A - asymmetry
B- borders
C - color
D - diameter and drainage
E - evolution or progression of mole
Spots caused by increased melanin pigment in basal cell layer
What is cafe' au lait spots?