HHA Final Exam Questions And Answers

HHA Final Exam Questions And Answers With Complete Solutions What are the components of the integumentary system? correct

answer: Skin, hair, nails, and sweat glands

What does the integumentary system show? correct answer: -

Vital information about the patient's health status

• Reflects the patient's hydration, nutrition, and emotional status

What are risk factors for integumentary system? correct answer:

• Nutritional Status
• Immobility

Pressure Shearing forces

• UV exposure - natural and artificial

What are the health promotion strategies for skin? correct

answer: - Educate client on features of a benign mole.

• Emphasize steps in skin self-examination.
• Educate clients about decreasing UV exposure - "Seek, Slip,

Slap, Slop".

• What about tanning beds?

What are the ACBDEs of melanoma? correct answer: A

asymmetry B border C colour D diameter 1 / 3

E evolution What are examples of subjective data collection for skin? correct

answer: - Assessment of risk factors

Family history Past history Medications Lifestyle, occupational history, and personal behaviours

• Important to ask about history of present illness

What specific questions would you ask?What are the components of a comprehensive physical

assessment of the skin? correct answer: - Inspection

• Palpation*
• Documentation of Examination Findings

If client has specific concern about skin, inspect area/lesion first and ask other questions second

What is done during an inspection of the skin? correct answer: -

If performing complete skin assessment, inspect all body areas

• Note overall skin appearance - colour and pigmentation
• Is colour consistent with genetic background?
• Are there abnormalities? (e.g., cyanosis, pallor, jaundice,

erythema, edema)

• Inspect individual lesions
• Note if non-elevated, elevated, solid, fluid-filled
• Configuration, pattern, morphology, size, distribution and body

location

• Observe for growths, tumours or vascular lesions 2 / 3

• Inspect any wounds or incisions
• Pressure Ulcers - stages (will be learned later in program)
• Burns - classified based on depth of tissue destruction and

percentage of total body surface area (will be learned later in program)

• Inspect nails and hair

How do you identify a lesion: morphology, configuration,

pattern, size, distribution colour, texture and body location

correct answer: Identify

• Location of the lesion(s)
• Distribution of the lesions as localized, regional, or generalized
• Whether lesion is primary (appearing initially) or secondary

(resulting from a change in a primary lesion)

• The shape of the lesion
• Margins (borders)

- Morphology: papule, plaque, pustule, bulla, macule etc

• Colour, pigmentation
• Texture, consistency
• Size

How do you preform palpation? (skin) correct answer: - Assess

skin temperature, moisture and texture.

• Assess skin turgor (best place is below clavicle).
• Palpate lesions for tenderness, mobility, and consistency.
• Palpate hair and nails.

What are common skin lesions? correct answer:

Pt. 2 correct answer:

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