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- Title
Identifying conditions on darker skin types: How to ensure your nursing assessments are racially inclusive.
- Authors
Pearce, Lynne
- Abstract
Diagnosis of many skin conditions relies heavily on recognising visual features, which can differ depending on skin tone. But until recently, most medical textbooks and online resources have only depicted presentation on light skin.
- Subjects
SKIN disease diagnosis; SKIN diseases; DERMATOLOGIC nursing; ECZEMA; CHICKENPOX; MELANOMA; NEONATAL jaundice; RACE; KAPOSI varicelliform eruption; PEDIATRIC nursing; CYANOSIS; INFORMATION resources; NURSING assessment; NURSING diagnosis; ULTRAVIOLET radiation; WORLD Wide Web; DISEASE risk factors; DIAGNOSIS; CHILDREN; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
Nursing Standard, 2021, Vol 36, Issue 12, p54
- ISSN
0029-6570
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7748/ns.36.12.54.s21