The nurse would recognize that splinter hemorrhages in the nails, painful swollen nodules on the fingertips, and splenomegaly indicate
a. infective endocarditis.
b. mitral stenosis.
c. mitral valve prolapse.
d. pericarditis.
A
Clinical manifestations of embolization caused by infective endocarditis include splinter he-morrhages, Osler's nodes, finger clubbing, Janeway's lesions, ocular signs, and splenomegaly.
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