A client is admitted to the hospital with fractures of the left hand and right elbow. Which of the following assessments contains the data that best represent a nursing assessment?
1. X-rays show nonunion fracture of the left hand and comminuted fracture of the right elbow.
2. White blood count differential shifts to left.
3. Neurological testing reveals partial to total nerve involvement to left first digit.
4. Client is unable to perform self-feeding and hygiene measures with two broken upper extremities.
ANS: 4
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