A dark-skinned patient has been admitted to the hospital in severe respiratory distress. To determine whether the patient is cyanotic, the nurse uses what knowledge of skin assessment?
a. It is not possible to assess color changes in patients with dark skin.
b. Cyanosis in patients with dark skin can be seen only in the sclera.
c. Cyanosis can be seen in the lips and mucous membranes of patients with dark skin.
d. Cyanosis will blanch out with direct pressure to the soles of the feet in dark-skinned patients.
C
Assessment of color is more easily made in areas where the epidermis is thin, such as the lips and mucous membrane.
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