A client is brought to a health care facility for treatment of a bleeding cut. The client was injured by a sharp knife. How can the nurse most accurately describe the client's wound?
A) A clean separation of skin and tissue with smooth, even edges.
B) A shallow crater in which skin or mucous membrane is missing.
C) A wound in which the surface layers of the skin are scraped away.
D) A separation of skin and tissue in which the edges are torn and irregular.
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The nurse can describe a wound caused by a sharp knife as an incision wound with clean separation of skin and tissue with smooth, even edges. Ulceration is a shallow crater in which skin or mucous membrane is missing. An abrasion is a wound in which the surface layers of the skin have been scraped away. A laceration is the separation of skin and tissue in which the edges are torn and irregular.
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