AREA METHOD OF NORMAL ACTUAL ANALYSIS

ASSESSED ASSESSMENT FINDINGS FINDINGS

SKIN
SKIN COLOR Inspection Varies from Varies from NORMAL
light to deep light to deep
brown; from brown
ruddy pink;
from yellow
over tunes to
olive
UNIFORMITY Inspection Generally Generally NORMAL
OF COLOR uniform except uniform
in areas exposed
to the sun; Areas
are lighter
pigmentation in
dark skinned
people (palms,
lips, nail beds)
SKIN TURGOR Inspection When pinched, When pinched, NORMAL
skin springs skin springs
back to the back to the
previous state previous state
(elastic); maybe
3 lower in older
adults
PRESENCE OF Inspection/ No Edema No Edema NORMAL
EDEMA Palpation
SKIN LESIONS Inspection/ Freckles, some No Lesions NORMAL
Palpation birthmark, some
flat raised nevi,
no abrasion or
other lesions
SKIN Inspection/ Moisture in skin Moisture in skin NORMAL
MOISTURE Palpation folds and the the axillae
axillae (varies (varies from
with body
environmental temperature)
temperature and
humidity, body
temperature and
activity)
SKIN Palpation Uniform within Uniform within NORMAL
 TEMPERATURE normal range normal range
(depending on (depending on
the route) the route)

HAIR
COLOR Inspection Varies Black NORMAL
depending on
race
DISTRIBUTIO Inspection Eventually Eventually NORMAL
N (evenness of distributed hair distributed hair
growth over the
scalp)
THICKNESS Inspection Thick Hair Thick Hair NORMAL
TEXTURE THE Inspection/ Silky, resilient Silky, resilient NORMAL
OILINESS Palpation hair hair
PRESENCE OF Inspection No infection or There is no NORMAL
INFECTION OR infestation infection or
INFESTATION infestation
AMOUNT OF Inspection Variable; men Have more body NORMAL
BODY HAIR may have more hairs
body hairs

NAILS
NAIL PLATE Inspection Colorless, Colorless, NORMAL
SHAPE convex convex
(CURVATURE curvature, angle curvature
AND ANGLE) of about 160o
NAIL Inspection/ Smooth Smooth Normal
TEXTURE Palpation