A patient has been admitted for severe psoriasis. The nurse expects to see what finding in the patient's fingernails?
a. Splinter hemorrhages
b. Paronychia
c. Pitting
d. Beau lines
ANS: C
Sharply defined pitting and crumbling of the nails, each with distal detachment characterize pitting nails and are associated with psoriasis.
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