The nurse clarifies that in a greenstick fracture, the:
1. line of the fracture goes across the bone in right angles to the longitudinal axis.
2. periosteum is not torn away from the bone.
3. fracture is incomplete and one side is bent.
4. fracture occurred in one of the long bones of the body.
3
Greenstick fractures are most commonly seen in children, with the bone broken on one side but only bent on the other.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 914, Figure 42-1
OBJ: 1 TOP: Fracture Healing
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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