An adolescent expresses frustration over how long his football injury to a tendon is taking to heal. Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?
A.
"I'll ask the doctor to check for a tendon infection."
B.
"Often these injuries never fully heal and return to normal."
C.
"Tendons have a poor blood supply, so healing is slow."
D.
"You have to be more compliant with immobilization."
ANS: C
Tendons are fibrous connective tissues that have very little blood supply. Therefore healing from a tendon injury takes time. This is the best response; there is no indication that the teen has an infection interfering with recovery, it is inaccurate and disheartening to tell a young person that tendons may never heal, and the nurse should not assume the patient is noncompliant with immobilization.
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