{"title":"Incision and Drainage of Acute Paronychia in the Emergency Department.","authors":"Erica May, Lucy Tucker","doi":"10.1097/TME.0000000000000647","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Paronychia is a common emergency department presentation, representing up to 35% of hand infections. Standard of care involves incision and drainage, with systemic antibiotic therapy dependent upon the severity of the presentation. The treating emergency nurse practitioner (ENP) should consider factors that may impact wound healing, medications, comorbidities, and perform a thorough history and physical examination to properly address this common infection. This article describes a case of a 43-year-old female with about four weeks of gradually developing paronychia that presented to a community emergency department (ED) for treatment. This article will review the patient's case, including history and management to increase the skills of Emergency Advanced Practice Registered Nurses.</p>","PeriodicalId":45446,"journal":{"name":"Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal","volume":" ","pages":"230-234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/TME.0000000000000647","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/10/13 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"NURSING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract: Paronychia is a common emergency department presentation, representing up to 35% of hand infections. Standard of care involves incision and drainage, with systemic antibiotic therapy dependent upon the severity of the presentation. The treating emergency nurse practitioner (ENP) should consider factors that may impact wound healing, medications, comorbidities, and perform a thorough history and physical examination to properly address this common infection. This article describes a case of a 43-year-old female with about four weeks of gradually developing paronychia that presented to a community emergency department (ED) for treatment. This article will review the patient's case, including history and management to increase the skills of Emergency Advanced Practice Registered Nurses.
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Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal is a peer-reviewed journal designed to meet the needs of advanced practice clinicians, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, healthcare professionals, and clinical and academic educators in emergency nursing. Articles contain evidence-based material that can be applied to daily practice. Continuing Education opportunities are available in each issue. Feature articles focus on in-depth, state of the science content relevant to advanced practice nurses and experienced clinicians in emergency care. Ongoing Departments Include: Cases of Note Radiology Rounds Research to Practice Applied Pharmacology
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