Assessment of the Skin, Hair, and Nails
The Lab Assignment
Choose one skin condition graphic:
- Consider the abnormal physical characteristics you observe in the graphic you selected.
- How would you describe the characteristics using clinical terminology?
- Use clinical terminologies to explain the physical characteristics featured in the graphic.
- Explore different conditions that could be the cause of the skin abnormalities in the graphics you selected.
- Formulate a differential diagnosis of three to five possible conditions for the skin graphic that you chose.
- Determine which is most likely to be the correct diagnosis and explain your reasoning using at least three different references, one reference from current one evidence-based practice, peer-reviewed article