integumentary

functions of the skin

strata, stratum germinativum, stratum cornium, keratin, melanocytes, and melanin

true skin, blood vessels and nerves, glands, hair follicles, collagen, elastic connective fibers

connects skin to muscle, adipose tissue
stores H2O and fat, insulates, protects, provides pathway
provides shape and contour

Appendages of skin

PRODUCE SWEAT
NO ODOR UNTIL BREAKDOWN ON SKIN

PRODUCE EAR WAX
YELLOW-ORANGE, STICKY

LUBRICATE HAIR
NO ODOR UNTIL BREAKDOWN ON SKIN

CAUSE GOOSE BUMPS

ABNORMAL TISSUE FOUND ON OR IN AN ORGANISM, OFTEN DAMAGED BY DISEASE OR TRAUMA

BALDING, HAIR LOSS

A FLUID THA OOZES OUT OF BLOOD VESSELS DUE TO INFLAMMATION AND IS DEPOSITED IN NEARBY TISSUE

RUBBED RAW, ABRASION, SCRATCH, DIAPER RASH

FLAT AREA THAT HAS SOME CHANGE IN THE COLOR OF THE SKIN, LESS THAN 1cm DIAMETER

BRUISING

FLAT MOLE, BIRTH MARK

ITCHING

HIVES, RAISED, ITCHY, LOOK LIKE RED WELT. CAN BE PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CAUSE

ELEVATED SUPERFICIAL LESION FILLED WITH SEROUS FLUID. LESS THAN 1cm DIAMETER

ELEVATED, IRREGULARLY SHAPED AREA OF CUTANEOUS SWELLING

ELEVATED FIRM AREA. LESS THAN 1cm DIAMETER

WHERE CAPILLARIES BREAK AND LEAVE LITTLE RED DOTS. FORM OF MACULE. CAN TURN INTO A BRUISE

GROWS ON SKIN, USUALLY BROWN OR BLACK, ALONE OR IN GROUPS.

LOSS IN PIGMENT OF SKIN, CAN EXPAND, PATCHES

ELEVATED, SUPERFICIAL LESION FILLED WITH PUS

ELEVATED, ENCAPSULATED LESION IN DERMIS OR SUB Q LAYER

IRREGULARLY SHAPED, EEVATED, PROGRESSIVELY GROWING SCAR

FIBROUS TISSUE THAT REPLACES NORMAL SKIN AFTER AN INJURY

LINEAR CRACK OR BREAK. MOIST OR DRY AREA

LOSS OF PART OF THE EPIDERMIS. LEAVES A DEPRESSED AREA, MOIST AND GLISTENING

LASS OF EPIDERMIS AND DERMIS, CONCAVE, VARIES IN SIZE

DRIEDSERUM, BLOOD OR PURULENT EXUDATE. SLIGHTLY ELEVATED, SIZE VARIES

CUT MADE ON PURPOSE. CLEAN CUT

STAB WOUND

WOUND THAT OPENS ITSELF UP(EX.AFTER SURGERY) BY COUGHING,THROWING UP, INCREASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

INTERNAL ORGANS ON THE OUTSIDE

SURGICAL INCISION WITH LESS THAN 5% CHANCE OF INFECTION

SURGICAL PREP AND INCISION ARE STERY; BUT CUTTING INTO CONTAMINATED AREA

SURGICAL TECHNIQUE BROKEN,NOW CONTAMINATED (RUPTURED SPLEEN)

OUTER SKIN ALREADY CONTAMINATED. EX.GANGREEN

STOP BLEEDING,PROTEINS, PLATELETS AND FIBRIN

INCREASED WBC, WARMPTH, SWELLING

STARTS 3 DAYS AFTER INJURY AND CAN LAST UP TO 3 WEEKS

FOODS TO HELP WITH HEALING OF WOUNDS

FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALING

INTAKE TO PROMOTE HEALING SHOULD BE

ACTIVE BRIGHT RED BLEEDING

PALE, PINKISH, WATERY MIXTURE OF BLOOD AND SERUM

CLEAR WATERY PLASMA

YELLOW-GREEN-BROWN, FOUL ODOR

CAVITY IN BODY THAT CONTAINS PUS, SURROUNDED INFLAMMED SKIN

BAND OF SCAR TISSUE THAT BINDS TOGETHER 2 ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES THAT WOULD NORMALY BE SEPARATE

INFECTION OF SKIN

COLLECTION OF BLOOD IN TISSUES UNDER THE SKIN

NSG DX FOR PT WITH SKIN PROBLEMS

GOALS/OUTCOMES FOR PT

NSG INTERVENTIONS