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| What is the body's largest organ? |
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| How much of your weight does the skin take up? |
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| What are the accessory structures of the skin? |
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| What is the primary function of the skin? |
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| What is the skin a barrier against? |
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Microorganisms
UV radiation
Loss of body fluids
Stress of mechanical forces |
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| What are secondary functions of the skin? |
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Regulate body temperature
Assist with production of vitamin D
Provide touch and pressure receptors |
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| What are the three layers of the skin? |
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Epidermis
Dermis
Subcutaneous |
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| What are two types of cells in the epidermis? |
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| What do keratinocytes make? |
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| Provides strength to skin, hair, and nails |
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| What are types of cells in the dermis |
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Mast cells
Histocytes
Collagen
Elastin |
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| What are some structures in located within the dermis? |
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Hair follicles
Sebaceous and sweat glands
Blood and lymphatic vessels
Nerves |
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| What cells are located in the subcutaneous? |
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| Which area of skin is common for injections? |
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| What are 2 common shots given subcutaneous? |
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| What type of shot do you get intradermally? |
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| What are melanocytes responsible for? |
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| How do you check for touch receptors in a diabetic? |
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| What is a name for touch/pressure perception? |
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| Flat, distinct, colored area of skin that is usually less than 10 millimeters wide, and does not include a change in skin texture or thickness. |
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| Solid, raised spot on the skin that is less than 1 centimeter wide |
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| Where do you commonly see a wheal? |
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| Small elevation of the skin containing cloudy or purulent material usually consisting of necrotic inflammatory cells |
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-Most frequently centered in the dermis or subcutaneous fat
-Similar to a papule |
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| What differentiates a nodule from a papule? |
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| Circumscribed, fluid-containing, epidermal elevation |
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| Epithelial-lined cavity containing liquid, semi-solid, or solid material |
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| Dry or greasy laminated masses of keratin that represent thickened stratum corneum |
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| Epidermal thickening characterized by visible and palpable thickening of the skin with accentuated skin markings |
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| A punctate or linear abrasion produced by mechanical means (often scratching), usually involving only the epidermis (scrape or from excess moisture) |
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| Crack in the skin that is usually narrow but deep |
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| Where do you commonly see fissures? |
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| Discontinuity of the skin exhibiting incomplete loss of the epidermis, a lesion that is moist, circumscribed, and usually depressed |
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| What do pressure ulcers result from? |
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| Any unrelieved pressure on skin |
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| What do pressure ulcers cause |
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| What forces cause a pressure ulcer? |
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Pressure
Shearing forces
Friction
Moisture |
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| What are risk factors for pressure ulcers? |
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Older adult
Immobility
Immobilization
Prolonged bed rest
Poor turning skills
Incontinence
Debilitation
Nutritional deficiencies |
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| True or False: People get pressure ulcers during surgery |
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| What injuries lead to immobility? |
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Spinal cord injuries
Strok |
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| What can lead to immobilization? |
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Traction
Surgery
Exam tables
lac of turning |
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| What is important in the OR to avoid pressure ulcers? |
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| Which stage of pressure ulcer is worst? |
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| Nonblanchable erythema of intact skin |
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| Partial-thickness skin loss involving epidermis or dermis |
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| Full-thickness skin loss involving damage or loss of subcutaneous tissue |
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| Full-thickness skin loss with damage to muscle, bone, or supporting structures |
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| True or False: Hospitals get reimbursed for hospital acquired pressure ulcers |
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| What is important to do for patients that come in with pressure ulcer |
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| Irregular, claw-like margins that extend beyond the original site of injury |
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| What is the appearance of a keloid? |
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| What is a keloid the result of? |
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| Excessive collagen formation during dermal connective tissue repair |
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| Where is keloid most common? |
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| What are factors in keloid formation |
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Dark pigment skin
Burn trauma
Foreign material in skin
Poorly aligned wound tension |
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| What is a type of dermatitis that occurs in the legs? |
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| What does stasis dermatitis result from? |
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Venous stasis
Edema
Vascular trauma |
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| Clinical manifestations of stasis dermatitis |
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Erythema
Pruritus
Scaling
Petechiae
Ulcers |
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| What is a primary cause of stasis dermatitis? |
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| Chronic venous insufficiency |
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| What is a common name for dermatitis? |
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| What are other types of dermatitis? |
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Contact (poison ivy)
Diaper rash |
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| What is a chronic proliferative skin disorder? |
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| What kind of autoimmune disorder is psoriasis? |
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| T-cell mediated autoimmune disorder |
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| What do you see an increase in with psoriasis? |
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| Thickness of dermal and epidermal layers |
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| What are characteristics of psoriasis? |
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| Scaly, thick, silvery, elevated lesions |
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| Where do you usually find psoriasis? |
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| What are 2 types of bacterial infections? |
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| Infection of hair follicles |
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| What is a common cause of folliculitis |
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Boils
Inflammation of hair follicles |
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| What do furuncles develop from? |
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-Folliculitis
-Spread through follicular wall into surrounding dermis |
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| What is a common cause of furuncles? |
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| What are types of viral infections? |
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Herpes simplex
Herpes zoster |
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| What is a common name of herpes zoster |
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| What are late signs of herpes zoster? |
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-Pain & paresthesia localized to the affected dermatomes
-Vesicular eruptions along a facial, cervical, or thoracic lumbar dermatome |
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| What are signs of urticaria? |
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Hives
Raised area of skin
Erythema
Edema |
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| What type of hypersensitive reaction is urticaria? |
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