A client's x-ray report shows a fractured leg where one part of fractured bone is driven into another. How should the nurse document this client's fracture?
1. Impacted
2. Greenstick
3. Comminuted
4. Compression
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Rationale 1: In an impacted fracture one part of fractured bone driven into another.
Rationale 2: In a greenstick fracture only one side of the periosteum is cracked.
Rationale 3: In a comminuted fracture the bone is broken into several fragments.
Rationale 4: In a compression fracture fractured bone compresses other bones.
Global Rationale: In an impacted fracture one part of fractured bone driven into another. In a greenstick fracture only one side of the periosteum is cracked. In a comminuted fracture the bone is broken into several fragments. In a compression fracture fractured bone compresses other bones.
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