Nursing Tips
Integumentary (13)
Pressure Injury
A pressure injury is damage to the skin and underlying soft tissue due to intense or prolonged pressure to the area.
Pressure Injury
A pressure injury is damage to the skin and underlying soft tissue due to intense or prolonged pressure to the area.
Topical Treatment for Psoriasis
Topical medications used to treat psoriasis include coal tar, salicylic acid, and corticosteroids. Other treatment options exist, such as systemic immunosuppressants, biologic agents, and phototherapy.
Topical Treatment for Psoriasis
Topical medications used to treat psoriasis include coal tar, salicylic acid, and corticosteroids. Other treatment options exist, such as systemic immunosuppressants, biologic agents, and phototherapy.
Permethrin
Permethrin is a topical medication used to treat pediculosis (lice) and scabies.
Permethrin
Permethrin is a topical medication used to treat pediculosis (lice) and scabies.
Lyme Disease
Key feature of Lyme Disease is a ring-shaped, "bullesye" lesion at the site of the tick bite.
Lyme Disease
Key feature of Lyme Disease is a ring-shaped, "bullesye" lesion at the site of the tick bite.
Clotrimazole
Clotrimazole is a medication often used to treat athlete's foot (tinea pedis).
Clotrimazole
Clotrimazole is a medication often used to treat athlete's foot (tinea pedis).
Skin Cancer
Educate patients on measures to prevent integumentary system cancers including avoiding midday sun, wearing sunscreen and protective clothing, and performing regular skin checks for changes.
Skin Cancer
Educate patients on measures to prevent integumentary system cancers including avoiding midday sun, wearing sunscreen and protective clothing, and performing regular skin checks for changes.
Lice: Family Teaching
Educate families of children diagnosed with lice (pediculosis capitis) that the whole family should be examined and treated.
Lice: Family Teaching
Educate families of children diagnosed with lice (pediculosis capitis) that the whole family should be examined and treated.
Lyme Disease: Prevention
Educate patients to prevent Lyme Disease (a tick-borne illness) by wearing long sleeves/long pants/close-toed shoes/a hat in wooded or grassy areas, and check their body fully for ticks when returning...
Lyme Disease: Prevention
Educate patients to prevent Lyme Disease (a tick-borne illness) by wearing long sleeves/long pants/close-toed shoes/a hat in wooded or grassy areas, and check their body fully for ticks when returning...
Dermatophytosis
Dermatophytosis is a fungi spread through human and animal contact, including tinea capitis (head) and tinea pedis (athlete's foot).
Dermatophytosis
Dermatophytosis is a fungi spread through human and animal contact, including tinea capitis (head) and tinea pedis (athlete's foot).
Zostavax Vaccine
Educate patients > 60 years of age who have had chickenpox (Varicella) that prevention of shingles (Herpes Zoster) is possible with the Zostavax vaccine.
Zostavax Vaccine
Educate patients > 60 years of age who have had chickenpox (Varicella) that prevention of shingles (Herpes Zoster) is possible with the Zostavax vaccine.
Scabies in Children
A child with scabies is likely to exhibit white lines in between fingers, toes, or skin folds. The whole family should be examined and treated!
Scabies in Children
A child with scabies is likely to exhibit white lines in between fingers, toes, or skin folds. The whole family should be examined and treated!
Burn Inhalation Injury
For a patient who has suffered a BURN, be sure to assess for inhalation injury. Symptoms: singed eyebrows or nasal hair, and sooty sputum.
Burn Inhalation Injury
For a patient who has suffered a BURN, be sure to assess for inhalation injury. Symptoms: singed eyebrows or nasal hair, and sooty sputum.
Herpes Zoster
Key symptom of Herpes Zoster: Painful, unilateral vesicular rash that runs along a dermatome
Herpes Zoster
Key symptom of Herpes Zoster: Painful, unilateral vesicular rash that runs along a dermatome
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