As a nurse is inspecting the nails of a patient with chronic hypoxemia and notices enlargements of the ends of the fingers and angles of the nail base greater than a straight line (exceeding 180 degrees). How does the nurse document these findings?
a. An expected finding
b. Koilonychia (spoon nail)
c. Clubbing
d. Leukonychia
ANS: C
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