BACKGROUND The observation of color is an integral part of the nursing assessment. However, the current understanding of individual skin qualities and pigmentation has not yet been integrated thoroughly into foundational assessment courses, clinical education, simulation, and textbooks. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Literature is scarce regarding racial groups, skin color, and physical assessment for patients across the lifespan, but even more so for the neonatal population. Historically, many nursing textbooks did not provide visual pictures or observational assessment strategies for the assessment of the Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) population. This is improving in some nursing textbooks; however, the descriptors of and visual differences and anticipated assessment findings for the BIPOC population are not comprehensive. RESULTS Evidence-based assessment findings, which may occur in newborns with varying skin tones/pigmentations, are presented. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE AND RESEARCH The most essential step to having an accurate assessment is acknowledging the importance of color awareness. Color blindness, while thought to support inclusivity, only contributes to exclusion of one of the most important components of a person's being-their color.

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颜色很重要：不同肤色/色素沉着的护理评估。

背景颜色观察是护理评估的一个组成部分。然而，目前对个人皮肤品质和色素沉着的理解尚未完全融入基础评估课程、临床教育、模拟和教科书中。证据获取 关于种族群体、肤色和患者整个生命周期的身体评估的文献很少，但对于新生儿人群更是如此。从历史上看，许多护理教科书没有提供用于评估黑人、原住民和有色人种 (BIPOC) 人群的视觉图片或观察评估策略。一些护理教科书对此有所改进；然而，BIPOC 人群的描述、视觉差异和预期评估结果并不全面。结果 提出了基于证据的评估结果，这些结果可能发生在具有不同肤色/色素沉着的新生儿中。对实践和研究的影响 进行准确评估的最重要步骤是承认色彩意识的重要性。色盲虽然被认为支持包容性，但只会导致排除一个人最重要的组成部分之一——颜色。