NCLEX-PN
Integumentary NCLEX Questions Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
Which information about pruritus should the nurse include? Select all that apply.
Correct Answer: B,D,E
Rationale: Soap, mild lotion, and gentle drying reduce pruritus. Cool environments decrease itching, and hot water worsens it.
Question 2 of 5
Which area of health teaching is essential when a female client is prescribed isotretinoin (Accutane)?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Isotretinoin is teratogenic, requiring strict pregnancy prevention.
Question 3 of 5
It is most appropriate for the nurse to monitor a client for which potential problem?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Open exposure increases infection risk due to exposed tissue.
Question 4 of 5
What is the best advice the nurse can offer the nursing assistant?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Vinyl gloves avoid latex exposure while maintaining protection.
Question 5 of 5
When assessing a burn victim's skin the nurse notices the entire right and left upper extremities are red, moist, weeping, and blistered. How should the nurse document the degree and total body surface area (TBSA) burned?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Partial-thickness burns damage the dermis and epidermis, often resulting in loss of epidermis and/or blistering. Each entire upper extremity is blistered. Approximately 18% of the TBSA has a partial-thickness burn (9% TBSA per each upper extremity). This is not a first-degree burn—In a first-degree burn the skin may appear red but intact, no weeping, and no blistering. With full-thickness burns there would be loss of tissue and a black or white charred/waxy appearance to the remaining tissues.