NU 116: MSI Exam Questions and
Answers
Integumentary Health Promotion - Ans:-- provide gentle hygiene
- avoid hazardous exposures
- provide smoking cessation
immobility - Ans:-state of being unable to move
Screening - Ans:-To test or examine for the presence of something (as a disease)
skin ...
skin texture - Ans:✔✔-skin should be smooth, soft, intact, and with an even surface
temperature - Ans:✔✔-skin should be warm across the body except for the cooler hands and feet where
the body flow is farthest from the heart
moisture - Ans:✔✔-skin should be dry with minimal perspiration
turgor - Ans:✔✔-skin should flatten quickly when released
thickness - Ans:✔✔-skin can thicken and develop calluses on the palms, hands, soles of feet or both
Melasma - Ans:✔✔-Brownish pigmentation of the face during pregnancy; also called chloasma and
"mask of pregnancy"
Impetigo - Ans:✔✔-bacterial skin infection characterized by isolated pustules that become crusted and
rupture
nevus - Ans:✔✔-pigmented skin blemish, birthmark, or mole
Keratoma - Ans:✔✔-Acquired, superficial, thickened patch of epidermis. A callus is a keratoma caused by
continued, repeated pressure or friction on any part of the skin, especially the hands and feet.
closed comedo - Ans:✔✔-a comedo below the skin surface, with a white center (whitehead)
skin fissure - Ans:✔✔-Deep linear crack, extends into dermis:
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