While bathing a patient,the nurse discovers a grayish black,nodular growth that resembles a blackberry in the middle of the patient's back.The nurse should:

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These findings are consistent with a nodular malignant melanoma.It should be evaluated by the physician and removed immediately once the diagnosis is confirmed.Actinic keratoses occur very frequently on the skin of the elderly.They appear on fair-skinned people as a small,scaly,red or grayish papule particularly on areas of skin that are often exposed to the sun.Squamous cell carcinoma appears as a nodule that later becomes ulcerated.

While Bathing a Patient,the Nurse Discovers a Grayish Black,nodular Growth