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NUR 326 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) ATI FRACTURES | A SOLVED 100% CORRECT
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NUR 326 ATI Fractures1. Fracture
Answer
A ... is a break in a bone secondary to trauma or a pathological condition.
2. Trauma
Answer
Fractures caused by ... are the most common type of bone fracture.
3. Pathological fractures
Answer
.... can be caused by
-Metastatic cancer
-Osteoporosis
-Paget's disease
4. Osteoclasts
Answer
Bone is continually going through a process of remodeling as...... release claim from the bone.
5. Osteoblasts
Answer
....
Build up the bone
6. thirties
Answer
Remodeling of bone occurs at equal rates (of osteoblasts and osteo- clasts) until an individual
reaches their .....
7. Osteoporosis
Answer
After someone reaches their thirties, the activity of osteoclasts out space the osteoblasts.
-This increases an individual's risk of .....
8. Closed (simple) fracture
Answer
Does not break through the skin surface.
, 9. Open (compound) fracture
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Disrupts the skin integrity, causing an open wound and tissue injury with the risk of infection.
10. Grade I
Answer
Open fractures are graded upon the extent of the tissue injury
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Minimal skin damage
11. Grade II
Answer
Open fractures are graded upon the extent of the tissue injury
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Damage includes skin and muscle contusions but without extensive soft tissue injury
12. GradeIII
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Open fractures are graded upon the extent of the tissue injury
Answer
Damage is excessive to skin, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels
13. Complete fracture
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Goes through the entire bone, dividing it into two parts.
14. Incomplete fracture
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Goes through part of the bone
15. Simple fracture
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Has one fracture line
16. Comminuted fracture
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Has multiple fracture lines splitting the bone into multiple pieces.
17. Displaced fracture
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