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michelleunicorn

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A parent asks the nurse to explain what the pediatrician meant by greenstickfracture. The nurse will explain that a greenstick fracture is one in which the bone has:
 
  a. snapped into two separate pieces
  b. a break through the periosteum and bone on one side but the other side is intact and only bends
  c. a fracture line at a right angle to the long axis of the bone and which is on the shaft of the bone
  d. a fracture line slanting, or diagonal, across the bone

Question 2

The nurse would expect to find which of the following resting respiratory rates in the normal newborn?
 
  a. 40 c. 20
  b. 30 d. 15



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Answer to Question 1

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A Incorrect. A greenstick fracture is not one in which the bone has snapped into two separate pieces. This is a description of a complete fracture.
B Correct. A greenstick fracture is one in which the bone has a break through the periosteum and bone on one side but the other side is intact and only bends.
C Incorrect. A greenstick fracture is not one in which there is a fracture line at a right angle to the long axis of the bone and which is on the shaft of the bone. This is the definition of a transverse fracture.
D Incorrect. A greenstick fracture is not one in which the bone has a fracture line slanting, or diagonal, across the bone. This is a description of an oblique fracture.

Answer to Question 2

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A Correct. The nurse will expect a resting respiratory rates in the normal newborn to average 40.
B Incorrect. The nurse will expect a resting respiratory rates in the normal newborn to average 40, in a range of 30 to 50.
C Incorrect. The nurse will expect a resting respiratory rates in the normal newborn to average much higher than 20.
D Incorrect. The nurse will expect a resting respiratory rates in the normal newborn to average much higher than 15.




michelleunicorn

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Gracias!


parker125

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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