Assessing Skin, Hair, and Nails
Questions Answers
1. A client tells the nurse that he has been experiencing excessive perspiration and body odor. The client also says that using deodorant has not really helped his condition.
a. What kind of questions should the nurse ask to collect data related to the client’s complaints? • Where does the sweat occurs? On your palms, face, armpits, or all over your body?
• Describe the pattern of the sweating. Does it occurs at night or during the day?
• Does the sweating occurs suddenly?
• Does the sweating occurs when you’re reminded of something that upsets you? Such as a traumatic event.
• Are you experiencing any other symptoms such as weight loss, lack of appetite, fever, cold clamy hands?
• Have you …show more content…
2. A nurse is about to perform a physical assessment of an overweight client. The client seems reluctant to change into the examination gown.
a. How can the nurse make the client comfortable?
b. Which areas of the body should the nurse pay more attention to when performing assessment of skin? Answer to (a)
The nurse can sit with the patient, let him/her identify his/her fears, and reassure that her examination results are completely confidential. The nurse can also explain to the client that the examination is very important, so as to help her in obtaining the goal of her care plan. Allowing the client to do a self-perception examination while focusing on the positive is a good way that the nurse could use to get the client to feel good about his/herself.
Answer to (b) the nurse should pay attention to the abdomen, the legs and hands, and the different pulses around the body.
3. A nurse performs a physical assessment of a client admitted to the health care facility with a diagnosis of hypothyroidism.
a. What changes should the nurse expect in the client during assessment of skin, hair, and nails? The changes that the nurse should expect
Questions Answers
1. A client tells the nurse that he has been experiencing excessive perspiration and body odor. The client also says that using deodorant has not really helped his condition.
a. What kind of questions should the nurse ask to collect data related to the client’s complaints? • Where does the sweat occurs? On your palms, face, armpits, or all over your body?
• Describe the pattern of the sweating. Does it occurs at night or during the day?
• Does the sweating occurs suddenly?
• Does the sweating occurs when you’re reminded of something that upsets you? Such as a traumatic event.
• Are you experiencing any other symptoms such as weight loss, lack of appetite, fever, cold clamy hands?
• Have you …show more content…
2. A nurse is about to perform a physical assessment of an overweight client. The client seems reluctant to change into the examination gown.
a. How can the nurse make the client comfortable?
b. Which areas of the body should the nurse pay more attention to when performing assessment of skin? Answer to (a)
The nurse can sit with the patient, let him/her identify his/her fears, and reassure that her examination results are completely confidential. The nurse can also explain to the client that the examination is very important, so as to help her in obtaining the goal of her care plan. Allowing the client to do a self-perception examination while focusing on the positive is a good way that the nurse could use to get the client to feel good about his/herself.
Answer to (b) the nurse should pay attention to the abdomen, the legs and hands, and the different pulses around the body.
3. A nurse performs a physical assessment of a client admitted to the health care facility with a diagnosis of hypothyroidism.
a. What changes should the nurse expect in the client during assessment of skin, hair, and nails? The changes that the nurse should expect