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Practice Question

The nurse plans to teach a group of clients on the recommended practices for monitoring and maintaining skin health. What should the nurse include in the teaching? Select all that apply.

Answer Choices:

Correct Answer:

Check skin for changing moles

Rationale:

🔴 Check skin for changing moles

⁕ Regular self-skin assessments allow for early detection of suspicious changes, such as asymmetry, irregular borders, color variation, or changes in size, which may indicate melanoma or other skin cancers.

⁕ Early detection dramatically improves prognosis and treatment outcomes.

⁕ Clients should use the ABCDE rule (Asymmetry, Border, Color, Diameter, Evolving) to evaluate moles during self-examinations.

🔴 Avoid unsanitary tattooing or piercings

⁕ Using sterile equipment and reputable providers helps prevent transmission of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and bacterial skin infections.

⁕ Infections can lead to scarring, abscesses, and systemic illness if hygiene is compromised.

⁕ Educating clients about safe body art practices promotes infection control and long-term skin integrity.

🔴 Get quality sleep

⁕ Adequate sleep supports cellular regeneration, enhances circulation, and allows the skin to repair daily environmental damage.

⁕ Poor sleep contributes to inflammation, dull skin, and delayed healing.

⁕ Encouraging restorative rest reinforces holistic wellness and healthy skin maintenance.

🔴  Schedule an annual exam with a dermatologist

⁕ Annual dermatologic evaluations enable professional screening for early signs of skin malignancies, chronic conditions, or infections.

⁕ This is especially important for individuals with fair skin, high sun exposure, or a family history of skin cancer.

⁕ Routine checkups ensure preventive care and prompt intervention when abnormalities are found.

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  • Category: RN - Nursing Exam(s)
  • Subcategory: Examplify/Examsoft Exams
  • Domain: MED-SURG - EXAMSOFT
  • Answer Choices: 5
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