ATI LPN
Timby's Introductory Medical-Surgical Nursing Thirteenth, North American Edition
Chapter 65 : Caring for Clients With Skin, Hair, and Nail Disorders Questions
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is caring for a client with a furuncle. What advice should the nurse give the client to prevent the spread of the infection?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The client with a furuncle should never pick or squeeze it as the drainage is infectious and this practice favors the spread of the infection. Infections by organisms that usually exist harmlessly on the skin surface cause furuncles. Keeping the hair short, clean, and away from the face and forehead, avoiding cosmetics, and using tepid bath water do not help in preventing the spread of a furuncle.
Question 2 of 5
What is the cause of shingles?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Several skin disorders involve an infecting agent. Scabies is caused by an itch mite. Parasitic fungi cause dermatophytosis in the skin, scalp, and nails. Shingles is caused by a reactivated virus. Hormonal change is not the cause of shingles.
Question 3 of 5
A client receives treatment for a dermatophyte infection of the toenail. How would the nurse document this condition in the chart?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Onychomycosis is a dermatophyte infection of the fingernails or the toenails. Pediculosis is an infestation of lice. Tinea pedis is athlete's foot. Onychocryptosis is a medical term for an ingrown toenail.
Question 4 of 5
A client has been diagnosed with melanoma. What treatment option can the nurse expect will be used?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The treatment of a melanoma involves radical excision of the tumor and adjacent tissues, followed by chemotherapy. Laser surgery and cryosurgery are not used in the treatment of melanoma. Radiation is used in some types of cancer.
Question 5 of 5
A client asks the nurse what psoriasis is. What is the best answer?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Psoriasis is characterized by patches of erythema covered with silvery scales, usually on the extensor surfaces of the elbows, knees, trunk, and scalp. It is a chronic non-infectious inflammatory disease. Psoriasis has no cure. The onset is in young- and middle-adulthood.