A client sustained multiple fractures in a motor vehicle accident. The nurse determines that the client is at a high risk for osteomyelitis due to which type of fracture?
A) Avulsion
B) Open
C) Comminuted
D) Depression
Answer: B
The highest risk for infection, osteomyelitis, is when bone breaks through the skin in an open fracture. Comminuted, avulsion, and depression fractures are closed from the environment and at less risk of infection.
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The second nurse responds, "I will be glad to work those 2 days if I can have days off around New Year's Eve to be with my fiancee.". This interaction is an example of which of the following? a. Barter c. Control b. Plan d. Compromise
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a. absorption and distribution b. metabolism c. elimination d. absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination