The nurse notices that a patient has a solid,elevated,circumscribed lesion that is less than 1 cm in diameter.When documenting this finding,the nurse would report this as a:

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A papule is something one can feel,is solid,elevated,circumscribed,less than 1 cm in diameter,and is due to superficial thickening in the epidermis.A bulla is larger than 1 cm,superficial,and thin walled.A wheal is superficial,raised,transient,erythematous,and irregular in shape due to edema.A nodule is solid,elevated,hard or soft,and larger than 1 cm.

The Nurse Notices That a Patient Has a Solid,elevated,circumscribed Lesion