A young adult patient has come into a dermatology clinic and reports having had a single 1-in lesion that was scaly with a raised border and a pink center on the chest. Now, a little more than a week later, there are smaller matching spots of the rash on both sides of the chest. The nurse observes pink, oval-shaped spots that are 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 in across. What condition does the nurse suspect the health care provider will diagnose?

A nurse can assess cyanosis in a dark-skinned patient by assessing the color of which body part?

For what is the older adult patient at increased risk because of age-related changes in the musculoskeletal system?

A perceived threat to self causes what emotion?

When discussing aging, to whom does the term older adulthood apply?

A nurse is caring for an older adult who lives in a long-term care facility on the Alzheimer unit. Every evening around 5:00 p.m., the resident becomes increasingly agitated and more confused, a state that lasts throughout the evening. The nurse recognizes this behaviour as:

Cultural and ethnic considerations for skin assessment include which aspect??

The nurse recommends a breathing technique to help a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to empty the lungs of used air and to promote inhalation of adequate oxygen. What is this method of breathing called?

Because thin skin and lack of subcutaneous fat predisposes the older adult to pressure injuries, the nurse alters the care plan to include turning the bedfast patient how often?

A college student has brought his hallucinating roommate to the college clinic. The young man says his roommate has been experimenting with phencyclidine (PCP). How long should the nurse expect the hallucinations to last?

A patient, age 27, sustained thermal burns to 18% of her body surface area. After the first 72 hours, the nurse will have to observe for which most common cause of burn-related deaths?