ATI MED SURG INTEGUMENTARY EXAM STUDY GUIDE-QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT ANSWERS

1.What should the nurse do when administering a therapeutic bath to a pt. who has severe pruritus?
-Use burrow solution to help promote healing

2.A frail older adult pt. home health pt. who had chickenpox’s as a child has been exposed to varicella (chickenpox) several years ago.
-Use gloves

3.A pt. who has herpes zoster and is being treated with acylox what should the nurse?
-Impetigo

4.A school nurse assess a pt. who had erythematous circular patches of vesicler on her scalp with alopecia and complains of pain and purities why would the nurse use woods lamp?
-To cause floraces of infected hair

5.A pt. age 46 reports to her md with Urticaria w/ elevated lesions white in the center itch like crazy? What type of lesion would the nurse write in her documentation?
-Wheals

6Home health nurse assessing skin lesions uses PQRST as a guide. What does the s in the guide indicate?
-Severity of the symptom

7.What would the nurse stress o 17 yr. old girl who has been prescribed Accutane for her acne?
-Use dependable birth control to avoid pregnancy