The nurse is assessing a client's skin and notes that the color of the skin, nails, and the client's mucous membranes are very light. Which of the following descriptions would the nurse use when documenting this finding?
1. Cyanosis
2. Pallor
3. Erythema
4. Jaundice
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Rationale 1: Cyanotic skin is bluish in color.
Rationale 2: Pallor is pale skin. It may occur with hypoxia, cold environment, stress, shock, hypotension, and anemia.
Rationale 3: Erythema indicates that the skin is reddened.
Rationale 4: Jaundice is used to describe yellowish skin.
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