Health Assessment

Inspection

2
Inspection reveals Common
1 evenly color skin variations include
Inspect for suntanned areas
Inspect for tones without
skin freckles, or white
generalized unusual or
breakdown. patches known as
color prominent vitiligo.
variations. discoloration.

3 Inspection reveals
evenly color skin
tones without
Inspect for
unusual or
primary,
prominent
secondary, or
discoloration.
vascular lesions.

Varying amount
1
Natural hair color,
as opposed to
2 of terminal hair
Inspect chemically Inspect cover the scalp,
color. colored hair. amount and axillae, body, and
distribution. public areas.
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(cont.)

3
Inspect and palpate Scalp is clean and
for thickness, texture, dry. Sparse dandruff
oiliness, lesions, and may be visible.
parasites.

1 Nails are
2
Pink tone
should be
Inspect for clean and Inspect for seen. Some
grooming manicured. color and longitudinal
and markings. ridging is
cleanliness. normal.

3 There is normal a
160-degree angle
Inspect between the nail
shape. base and the skin.
 Palpation

1 Lesions 2 Skin is smooth thin

but calluses (rough,
does not Palpate thick section of
Palpate fluoresce. epidermis) are
thickness of
lesions. skin with finger common of areas of
pads. the body.

3 Skin is normally a 4 The skin is mobile,

with elasticity and
warm
Palpate mobility returns to original
Palpate temperature temperature.
and turgor by shape quickly.
(cool, warm, hot)
and moisture (dry, pinching up skin
over sternum.
sweaty, oily) of skin.

5
Skin rebounds and
does not remain
Palpate for
indented when
edema, pressing
pressure is
thumbs over feet
released.
or ankles.
 Palpation

1 Nails are hard

Palpate texture and basically
and consistency. immobile.

2 Pink tones returns

immediately to
Test for capillary blanched nail beds
refill. when pressure is
released.