Assessing the Skin, Hair, Nails
SKIN, HAIR AND NAILS
Skin pink, warm, dry and elastic. No lesions or excoriations noted. Old appendectomy scar right lower abdomen 4 inches long, thin, and white. Sprinkling of freckles noted across cheeks and nose. Hair brown, shoulder length, clean, shiny. Normal distribution of hair on scalp and perineum. Hair has been removed form legs, axillae. Nails form 160 degree angle at base, are hard, smooth, and immobile. Nailbeds pink without clubbing. Cuticles smooth, no detachment of nailplate. Hands well-manicured with clear enamel.
HEAD AND NECK
Head symmetrically round, hard, and smooth without lesions or bumps. Face oval, smooth, and symmetrical. Temporal artery elastic and nontender. Temporomandibular joint palpated with full range of motion without tenderness. Neck symmetric with centered head position and no bulging masses. C7 is visible and palpable with neck flexion. Has smooth, controlled, full range of motion of neck. Thyroid gland nonvisible but palpable when swallowing. Trachea in midline. Lymph nodes nonpalpable.NURS 6512 Wk 8 Assignment Assessing the Skin, Hair, Nails