The nurse notices that a patient has a solid, elevated, circumscribed lesion that is less than 1 cm in diameter.The nurse documents this finding 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 caused by 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 attributable 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