For several months a patient has been experiencing an infection of the cuticle involving several fingernails on both hands. The nurse should recognize this condition as being related to what type of employment?
1. dish washer
2. construction worker
3. painter
4. carpenter
Correct Answer: 1
The chronic form of paronychia (an infection of the cuticle of the fingernails or toenails) is seen most often in people who have frequent exposure to water. Construction workers, painters, and carpenters could develop paronychia from trauma and subsequent secondary infection related to the employment, but they are more likely to have an acute form that begins with painful inflammation and may progress to an abscess.
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