A & P of Skin
Assessment
Diagnosis
Risk factors/ Nursing management
Skin Cancer
100
Inner layer of skin containing sebaceous glands, sweat glands and hair folicles
What is dermis
100
Name three appendages of the skin
What is hair, nails, gland
100
The main purpose of the patch test.
What is: evaluating allergy
100
Most significant risk factor for all types of skin cancer
What is: Excessive Sun exposure
100
Most common form of skin cancer
What is Basal Cell Carcinoma
200
Major types of glands associated with the skin
What is sebaceous and sweat glands
200
Three characteristics of the skin assessed through palpation
What is: Temperature, turgor, texture, moisture and edema
200

Flat, elevated dry, scaly papule on the skin

What is plaque

200
Contributing factor of smoking to this skin cancer
What is Squamous cell carcinoma -on the mouth and lips
200

Most common types of non-melanoma

What is: Basal cell carcinoma 

300
Contained in the deep basal layer of the epidermis
What is melanocytes
300
Some characteristics of the skin assessed through inspection
What is: color, pigmentation, vascularity, bruising, presence of lesions
300
The most common diagnostic test
What is biopsy
300

The role of the nurse in skin cancer treatment

What is: Teaching/Education

300

Highly metastatic cancer originating in the melanocytes

What is: Malignant melanoma

400
Connective tissue below the epidermis
What is the dermis
400
Benign overgrowth of melanocytes
What is: Mole (nevus)
400

List the types of skin cancer

What is: Basal Cell Carcinoma, Melanoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Kaposi Sarcoma 

400
Complications of skin cancer
What is: Metastasis-melanomas are highly metastatic survival requires early diagnosis and treatment Infection-procedures are usually done as outpatient, teach wound care sterile or clean procedure.
400
Irregular border with variegated color
What is Dysplastic nevi and malignant melanoma DN is precursor to MM
500
Five specific functions of the skin
What is: - protect and insulate - heat regulation - excretion - absorption (medications) - sensory perception (pain, heat, cold, pressure) - Vitamin D synthesis - aesthetic and emotional functions
500
When assessing the skin what techniques should be used?
What is: Inspection and Palpation
500
The 'E' in the ABCD-E's of skin cancer screening means?
What is: Evolving. Changes in appearance- color, shape size
500
Treatment of choice for malignant melanoma
What is: Surgical excision and possible sentinel lymph node biopsy
500
Slow growing tumor with rare metastasis
What is Basal cell carcinoma
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