A client informs the nurse that he has been diagnosed with the degenerative joint disease of the fingers but now has these bumps on his fingers that don't hurt. The nurse observes bony nodules on the distal interphalangeal joints. What type of "bumps" does the nurse understand these are?

A client informs the nurse that he has been diagnosed with the degenerative joint disease of the fingers but now has these bumps on his fingers that don't hurt. The nurse observes bony nodules on the distal interphalangeal joints. What type of "bumps" does the nurse understand these are?


a) Rheumatoid nodules
b) Tophi
c) Heberden's nodes
d) Bouchard's nodes


Answer: c) Heberden's nodes


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