The patient who has osteomyelitis following multiple fractures inquires what the physician meant when he said that surgery would follow the antibiotic therapy. The nurse's most helpful reply is to explain that the surgery will be done to:
1. remove dead bone.
2. close the open draining wound.
3. close the area with casting material.
4. amputate.
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After the antibiotic has controlled the infection in the bone, surgery will be done to remove the dead bone.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 916
OBJ: 4 TOP: Osteomyelitis
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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