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Skin assessment:

Abnormal findings:

5. Skin, Hair and Nails

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• Skin diseases (allergies, hives, psoriasis, eczema) • Change in pigmentation • Change in mole (size or color) • Excessive dryness or moisture • Pruritus • Excessive bruising • Rash or lesion • Medications • Hair loss • Change in nails • Environmental or occupational hazards • Self-care behaviors

• Texture • Moisture content • Temperature • Skin lesions (primary or secondary, solid or fluid-filled, borders, color, pattern, location and distribution, diameter and drainage)

Hair assessment:

• Distribution, quantity, texture and color • Patterns of hair loss and growth • Scalp (erythema, scaling and encrustations)

Nails assessment:

• Color • Shape • Thickness • Consistency

Skin – Café-au-lait spots, cherry angiomas, hemangiomas, papular rash, pressure ulcers, pruritus, purpuric lesions, scars, telangiectases, urticaria, vesicular rash Hair – alopecia, hirsutism Nails – Beau’s lines, clubbing, koilonychia, Muehrcke’s lines, onycholysis, Terry’s nails

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Obtain health history:

5. Skin, Hair and Nails

• Texture • Moisture content • Temperature • Skin lesions (primary or secondary, solid or fluid-filled, borders, color, pattern, location and distribution, diameter and drainage)

Hair assessment:

• Distribution, quantity, texture and color • Patterns of hair loss and growth • Scalp (erythema, scaling and encrustations)

Nails assessment:

• Color • Shape • Thickness • Consistency

Skin assessment:

Abnormal findings:

5. Skin, Hair & Nails

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Obtain health history:

• Texture • Moisture content • Temperature • Skin lesions (primary or secondary, solid or fluid-filled, borders, color, pattern, location and distribution, diameter and drainage)

Hair assessment:

• Distribution, quantity, texture and color • Patterns of hair loss and growth • Scalp (erythema, scaling and encrustations)

Nails assessment:

• Color • Shape • Thickness • Consistency

Skin assessment:

Abnormal findings:

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