Title: Apply the nursing process for a client with a disorder of the integumentary system.
Course: Practical Nursing III (14052-III) > Section: Applying the Nursing Process to the Adult Client

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?