NURSING Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hair Follicle, Hair, Human Hair Color
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General survey of the client: watch with a second hand, stethoscope. The first step in a head to toe assessment. Determine client"s emotional and cognitive functional status. Preparing the client: the general survey begins when the nurse first meets the client. During this time the nurse observes the client"s posture, movements and overall appearance. Body build, muscle mass and fat distribution: mental status. Mood, feeling and expressions: vital signs. Hair develops within a sheath of epidermal cells the client for the mse by explaining the called the hair follicle. purpose of the exam. Hair growth appears at the base of hair follicle signs will be taken after. (hair bulb are nourished). Erector pili muscles- are attached to the follicle. Types of hair: vellus- short, pale fine hair, use the hand mirror to check the buttocks, terminal- longer, darker, coarser. genital area, lower back, upper back, and the back (scalp, eyebrows. ) of the neck.