Question

A nurse is assigned to support a patient while a cast is being applied to treat a greenstick fracture. the nurse documents that this fracture is classified as what type of fracture?

Answer 1

A nurse is assigned to support a patient while a cast is being applied to treat a greenstick fracture. The nurse documents that this fracture is classified as an incomplete type of fracture.

A greenstick fracture happens when bone fractures and bends rather than totally fracturing into fragments. The fracture resembles what would happen if you attempted to break a tiny.

In a partial thickness fracture known as a "greenstick," just the periosteum and cortex of the bone are disrupted on one side of the bone while remaining intact on the other.

Greenstick fractures are often treated by immobilizing the bone preventing movement with a cast or splint. The majority of casts are worn for 4-6 weeks.

The majority of these sorts of fractures are immobilized in a cast during healing because greenstick fractures have a significant chance of totally breaking through the bone.

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