The skin reflects the internal well-being of the body and can develop manifestations of systemic illness. The nurse's ability to recognize and accurately describe lesions can lead to prompt ...

Specific terminology is used to describe the characteristics of skin lesions (color, configuration, distribution, type of lesion, and the lesion pattern) which can then be documented (see Table 1 ...

Handheld devices, which a health-care provider hovers over lesions for analysis via optical spectroscopy, can assess for the three most common skin cancers — basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell ...