The clinic nurse assesses the skin of a white characteristic is associated with this skin disorder?
a- Clear, thin nail beds
b- Red-purplish scaly lesions
c- Oily skin and no episodes of pruritus
d- Silvery-white scaly patches on the scalp, elbow, knees, and sacral regions
Answer D.
Cellulitis is a skin infection into deeper dermal and subcutaneous tissues that results in a deep red erythema without sharp borders and spreads widely throughout tissue spaces.
Warm compresses may be used to decrease the discomfort, erythema, and edema.
After tissue and blood cultures are obtained, antibiotics will be initiated.
The nurse should provide supportive care as prescribed to manage symptoms such as fatigue, fever, chills, headache, and myalgia.
Heat lamps can cause more disruption to already inflamed tissue.
Cold compresses and alternating cold and hot compresses are not the best measures.
a- Clear, thin nail beds
b- Red-purplish scaly lesions
c- Oily skin and no episodes of pruritus
d- Silvery-white scaly patches on the scalp, elbow, knees, and sacral regions
Answer D.
Cellulitis is a skin infection into deeper dermal and subcutaneous tissues that results in a deep red erythema without sharp borders and spreads widely throughout tissue spaces.
Warm compresses may be used to decrease the discomfort, erythema, and edema.
After tissue and blood cultures are obtained, antibiotics will be initiated.
The nurse should provide supportive care as prescribed to manage symptoms such as fatigue, fever, chills, headache, and myalgia.
Heat lamps can cause more disruption to already inflamed tissue.
Cold compresses and alternating cold and hot compresses are not the best measures.
