The nurse is taking care of a 7-year-old child with a skin rash called a papule. Which clinical finding should the nurse expect to assess with this type of skin rash?
A) A lesion that is elevated, palpable, firm, and circumscribed; less than 1 cm in diameter
B) A lesion that is elevated, flat-topped, firm, rough, and superficial; greater than 1 cm in diameter
C) An elevated lesion, firm, circumscribed, palpable; 1 to 2 cm in diameter
D) An elevated lesion, circumscribed, filled with serous fluid; less than 1 cm in diameter

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A papule is elevated; palpable; firm; circumscribed; less than 1 cm in diameter; and brown, red, pink, tan, or bluish red. A plaque is an elevated, flat-topped, firm, rough, superficial papule greater than 1 cm in diameter. It may be coalesced papules. A nodule is elevated, 1 to 2 cm in diameter, firm, circumscribed, palpable, and deeper in the dermis than a papule. A vesicle is elevated, circumscribed, superficial, less than 1 cm in diameter, and filled with serous fluid.

The Nurse Is Taking Care of a 7-Year-Old Child with a Skin