Apply the nursing process for a client with a disorder of the integumentary system.
Application should include
- identifying factors in the prevention of integumentary system disorders
- describing steps in nursing assessment
- nursing management in diagnostic tests
- using skills involved with related procedures
- using nursing management of selected disorders
- describing diagnoses and plan of care
- identifying pharmacological management and dietary plan
- providing educational guidelines.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What factors are related to the prevention of disorders of the integumentary system, such as protection from the sun and frequent self-examination of the skin?
- How would one describe the steps included in the nursing assessment of the client?
- What is the purpose of and the nursing management for selected diagnostic tests, such as culture and sensitivity tests, curettages, allergy tests, and biopsies?
- How would one provide decubitus care and apply wet and dry dressings?
- How would one explain the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, nursing management, and treatment modalities of disorders, such as
- Pruritus
- Burns
- fungal infections (e.g., exfoliative, contact, psoriasis, eczema)
- infestations
- sebaceous cysts and viral infections (e.g., herpes simplex, herpes zoster)?
- What nursing diagnoses are related to the client with an integumentary system disorder?
- How would one develop a plan of care to meet the biological, psychological, social, and cultural needs of the client?
- How would one explain the integration of pharmacological agents, such as
- antibiotics
- antifungal agents
- anti-inflammatory agents
- analgesics
- debriding agents
- local anesthetics
in the management of the client?
- How would one incorporate dietary principles in the care of the client?
- What educational guidelines would one provide for the client?