A client is brought to the emergency department by a softball team member who states the client and another player ran into each other, and the client is having severe pain in the right shoulder
What symptoms of a fractured clavicle does the nurse recognize? A) Client complains of tingling and numbness in the right shoulder.
B) Right shoulder is elevated above the left.
C) Client complains of pain in the unaffected shoulder.
D) Right shoulder slopes downward and droops inward.
D
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The client with a fractured clavicle has restricted motion, and the affected shoulder appears to slope downward and droop inward. The client will have pain, not typically tingling and numbness in the right shoulder. Pain is not felt in the unaffected shoulder.
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