NCLEX-PN
Integumentary System NCLEX Questions Questions
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When assessing the client's skin the nurse notices a rounded area of hair loss with redness, pustules, and scales that appear greenish-yellow when exposed to a black light (Wood's lamp). The nurse should plan to implement treatment for which condition?
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Rationale: A fungal infection that manifests on the scalp with red, scaly lesions and hair loss will appear either greenish-yellow or bluish-green under a Wood's lamp. Lyme disease produces a bull's-eye rash that does not fluoresce. Anaerobic infections have diffuse redness and do not fluoresce. Contact dermatitis does not display a discrete, rounded area of hair loss or fluoresce.
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