While walking in an assisted living facility an older patient falls. Which assessment finding indicates to the nurse that the patient has sustained a hip fracture?
1. Pain relieved by moving the affected extremity
2. Redness, tenderness, and severe swelling at the hip joint
3. Position with the injured leg shortened and externally rotated
4. Bending the injured leg at the knee and internally rotating the leg
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Rationale: With a fractured hip any movement of the leg is likely to cause severe muscle spasms and pain.
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