Pd Exam 2 Review

Front 1

What are the 7 attributes of a symptom

Back 1

Location
Quality
Quantity
Chronology
Setting
Aggravating/alleviating factors
Associated manifestations

Front 2

2 tactics to use on an anxious patient

Back 2

Reassurance and interpretation

Front 3

2 tactics that can be useful on a depressed patient

Back 3

Confrontation and validation

Front 4

What tactics (2) should not be used on a patient in denial?

Back 4

Confrontation and validation

Front 5

What tactics (2) should not be used on the projection patient?

Back 5

Reflection and summarization

Front 6

What tactics do you use (2) and avoid (2) with the regression patient?

Back 6

Use: interpretation and summarization
Avoid: confrontation and reassurance

Front 7

Used as a last resort on a silent patient

Back 7

Confrontation

Front 8

3 tools that are dangerous with the seductive patient

Back 8

Empathy and reassurance

Front 9

Helpful tool for the insatiable patient

Back 9

Reassurance

Front 10

What tools are ineffective (2) and what should be used (1) on the ingratiating patient?

Back 10

ineffective: confrontation and interpretation
Helpful: indirect questioning

Front 11

What is not helpful (1) and what can sometimes help (1) the help-rejecting patient?

Back 11

Not helpful: Interpretation
Sometimes helpful: Echoing

Front 12

A circumscribed, flat discoloration that may be brown, blue, red, or hypo pigmented and measures < 1 cm. They are nonpalpable.

Back 12

Macule

Front 13

Flat, circumscribed, discolored, nonpalpable lesion > 1 cm.

Back 13

Patch

Front 14

An elevated solid lesion up to 1.0 cm in diameter that is palpable. Color varies. It is confined to the epidermis

Back 14

Papule

Front 15

A circumscribed, elevated, superficial, solid lesion more than 1.0 cm in diameter, often formed by the confluence of papules. They involve the epidermis only.

Back 15

Plaque

Front 16

A circumscribed, elevated, solid lesion that extends into the dermis.

(Squeeze it)

Back 16

Nodule

Front 17

A circumscribed collection of leukocytes (pus) that varies in size.

Back 17

Pustule

Front 18

A circumscribed collection of free fluid up to 1.0 cm in diameter. They involve the epidermis only.

Back 18

Vesicle

Front 19

A circumscribed, superficial collection of free fluid more than 1.0 cm in diameter

Back 19

Bulla (blister)

Front 20

A firm edematous plaque resulting from infiltration of the dermis with fluid; wheals are transient and may last only a few hours. Also known as Urticaria.

Back 20

Wheal (hive)

Front 21

Excess dead epidermal cells that are produced by abnormal keratinization and shedding. May be seen in any chronic dermatitis

Back 21

Scales

Front 22

A collection of dried serum and cellular debris. Also known as a scab

Back 22

Crust

Front 23

Thick, palpable, upraised, irregular, dry, necrotic tissue or ‘slough’

Back 23

Eschar

Front 24

A focal loss of epidermis; does not penetrate below the dermoepidermal junction and therefore heal without scarring

Back 24

Erosion

Front 25

A focal loss of epidermis and dermis; ulcers heal with scarring

Back 25

Ulcer

Front 26

A linear loss of epidermis and dermis with sharply defined, nearly vertical walls

Back 26

Fissure

Front 27

A depression in the skin resulting from thinning of the epidermis or dermis

Back 27

Atrophy

Front 28

An abnormal formation of connective tissue implying dermal damage; after injury or surgery scars are initially thick and pink but with time become white and atrophic

Back 28

Scar (cicatrix)

Front 29

An erosion caused by scratching; excoriations are often linear erosions

Back 29

Excoriation

Front 30

A plug of sebaceous and keratinous material lodged in the opening of a hair follicle; the follicular orifice may be dilated (blackhead) or narrowed (whitehead)

Back 30

Comedone

Front 31

A small, superficial keratin cyst with no visible opening

Back 31

Milia

Front 32

A circumscribed lesion with a wall and a lumen; the lumen may contain fluid or solid matter

Back 32

Cyst

Front 33

A narrow, elevated, tortuous channel produced by a parasite

Back 33

Burrow

Front 34

An area of thickened epidermis induced by scratching; the skin lines are accentuated so that the surface looks like a washboard

Back 34

Lichenification

Front 35

Dilated superficial blood vessels often with skin thinning

Back 35

Telangiectasia

Front 36

A circumscribed, upraised deposit of blood less than 0.5 cm in diameter that does not blanch

Back 36

Petechiae

Front 37

A circumscribed, upraised deposit of blood greater than 0.5 cm in diameter that does not blanch

Back 37

Purpura

Front 38

Bruises, more extensive than purpura, round or irregular and flat.

Back 38

Ecchymosis

Front 39

Diffuse redness of the skin caused by inflammation

Back 39

Erythema

Front 40

Softening and whitening of skin that is constantly wet due to chronic water or urine exposure, edema, ointments, or barrier dressings

Back 40

Maceration