The nurse is assessing a 78-year-old female African-American client with dark skin. When as-sessing the skin, the nurse knows to avoid which source of light because it can cast a bluish hue on the skin, making the assessment difficult?
1. Natural sunlight
2. Halogen light
3. Florescent light
4. Incandescent light
ANS: 3
The nurse should avoid a fluorescent light source when assessing dark skin because it casts a blu-ish hue, making accurate assessment difficult.
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