The client is brought into the emergency department with a knife wound. The nurse correctly documents the client's wound as a(n):
1. Contusion wound
2. Clean wound
3. Acute wound
4. Intentional wound
ANS: 3
A client with a knife wound is an example of an acute wound. An acute wound is caused by trauma from a sharp object. A contusion is a closed wound caused by a blow to the body by a blunt object, resulting in a bruise. A clean wound is a wound that contains no pathogenic organ-isms, such as a closed surgical wound that does not enter the gastrointestinal, respiratory, or gen-itourinary system. An intentional wound is a wound resulting from therapy, such as a surgical incision.
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