Which of the following terms describes the nurse's finding that the angle between the nail and the nail bed of a child has been lost and the fingertips are wider and rounder?
a. moon nails c. notching
b. angle nails d. clubbing
D
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A Incorrect. This is not a description of moon nails.
B Incorrect. This is not a description of angle nails.
C Incorrect. This is not a description of notching.
D Correct. Clubbing is a result of chronic cyanosis with the subsequent development of the loss of the angle between the nail and nailbed. The fingertips eventually become wider and rounder.
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