The nurse conducting the safety seminar reminds the audience that upper extremity amputation is most frequently caused by trauma and that the highest incidence of this is:
1. school-age girls.
2. school-age boys.
3. young men.
4. young women.
3
Young men are at greater risk from work trauma, because traditionally they are the ones working with farm and heavy machinery.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 933
OBJ: 1 TOP: Incidence KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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