ATI LPN
Integumentary System Quiz Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
A patient, age 46, reports to his physician's office with urticaria with elevated lesions that are white in the center with a pale red border on hands and arms. He says, 'It itches like crazy.' Which type of lesion would the nurse include in her documentation?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Urticaria is the term applied to the presence of wheals or hives in an allergic reaction commonly caused by drugs, food, insect bites, inhalants, emotional stress, or exposure to heat or cold. The lesions are elevated with a white center and a pale red border.
Question 2 of 5
The patient with shingles has been on an antiviral medication since the vesicles appeared. The goal of early treatment is to prevent which complication?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Early treatment may avoid postherpetic pain syndrome, but it cannot prevent additional vesicles, eye lesions, or transmission to another person.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse describes common complications that burn patients may experience. Which description best fits hyperkalemia?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Hyperkalemia occurs in burns due to potassium release from damaged cells.
Question 4 of 5
A hospitalized client is diagnosed with scabies. Which of the following would a nurse expect to note on inspection of the client's skin?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Scabies is characterized by burrows (threadlike lines) created by mites beneath the skin.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is preparing a client for skin grafting and notes that the physician has documented that the client is scheduled for heterograft. The nurse understands that the heterograft used for the burn client is skin from:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A heterograft (xenograft) uses skin from another species, typically pig skin, as a temporary covering.