Nevus Assessment
A patient comes in with an black and brown nevus. What should this be a concern about?
What is C- color?
Flat lesion >1 cm
What is a plaque?
The normal nail profile is
What is 160?
High pitched sound that is musical
Wheezing
A patient is not breathing.. Uh-oh.. This is..
A patient comes in with 10mm mole with wavy borders. Is this considered normal or abnormal? Why?
What is Abnormal?
D- >6mm
B- Irregular Borders
Raised, Free-fluid, <1cm
Gas exchange is located in
What is the alveoli?
Upper airway obstruction that is high pitched
Stridor
>10 breathes per minute
What is hypoventilation?
A patient comes in complaining about their mole changing in size. How will we evaluate this?
What is a ruler and a flashlight?
A patient comes in with a small (<1cm) lesion are solid. The lesion runs along the dermatome. How would you describe both of those?
Papule zosteriform
A client comes in with small pin-point purple dots that are similar to bruising. What can this be called?
petechiae
An muffled, undistinguishable sound that is heard over peripheral lungs, used occasionally when listening to lungs
What is bronchophony?
A client says that they cannot sleep at night because they often have trouble breathing and wakes up. This is known as...
What is Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea?
A patient comes in and says their nevus is asymmetric, but you aren't sure. How are you going to assess?
What is drawing an imaginary line down the middle?
A patient comes in with a very large lesion with redness around the skin. The nurse see there is pus underneath the top layer of the skin? How would the nurse describe this?
What is a Pustule with surrounding erythema?
The anterior landmark is described as halfway between palpated sternoclavicular and acromioclavicular joints
What is midclavicular line?
Medium pitched sound that is equal ratio of inspiratory and expiratory and found in the main bronchus
What is bronchovesicular sounds?
A patient's labs come back and show Co2 retention. They are having trouble breathing while laying down. What is this known as?
What is orthopnea?
A patient comes in complaining about their mole changing. What all should we be looking for?
What is the ABCDEF?
A- Asymmetry
B- Border
C- color
D- Diameter
E- Evolution
F- Funny looking
A patient comes in with a two large wounds. The first is a burn that is slightly healed. The second is a pressure sore. What is the difference between their secondary lesions?
What is a erosion? what is a ulcer?
Four functions of respirations?
What is...
1. Homeostasis
2. Maintain heat exchange
3. Remove carbon dioxide
4. Supply oxygen to the body
A breathe sound that is low pitched wheezing is known as
What is rhonchi?
What is the sensation when air abnromally escapes the lungs? What is the description?
what is fremitus? What is coarse, crackling sensation that is palpable over skin?