Question

Anurse is assessing a dark colored complexion patient with peripheral percussion. Which of the following should the nurse assess for cyanosis?

Answer 1

Ans) Cyanosis is when hemoglobin is poorly oxygenated and the blood and the skin turn blue in Caucasians. It common during heart failure and severe breathing disorders, and appears even in the mucous membranes and the nail beds. Its presence indicates the absence of oxygen.

- In dark-skinned individuals, cyanosis may be noted as an ashen or gray color most easily seen in the conjunctiva of the eye, mucous membranes, and nail beds. Reddish, deep brown, purple, and grayish blue skin tones are not signs of cyanosis in dark-skinned individuals. The grayish blue tone noted in nail beds, earlobes, lips, mucous membranes, and so forth indicates cyanosis in light-skinned individuals.