The nurse is assessing the skin of a patient who believes that a new lesion may be melanoma. Which finding would support this patient's concern?
1) Collagen formation
2) Border irregularity or notching
3) Avascularity of the lesion
4) Depth of the color change
Question 2
The nurse is assessing a patient who presents with a lesion. When distinguishing between a primary lesion and a secondary lesion, which rationale is correct?
1) A secondary lesion results from a change in a primary lesion.
2) A secondary lesion results from injury to the skin.
3) A secondary lesion differs in configuration.
4) A secondary lesion contains exudate.
Assessing Palpebral Conjunctiva, Patient Position
Photomicro graph showing the three layers of the skin.
Medicinal leeches on a patient’s neck. Today leeches are sometimes used in microsurgery to prevent b
(a) Chicken pox vesicles. (b) Chicken pox on back of young patient.
Toxoplasma gondii in the heart of an HIV patient.
Skin lifting. Superficial tissues are picked up and gently pulled away from deeper tissues.