The Patient Is Brought into the Emergency Department with a Knife

question 14

Multiple Choice

The patient is brought into the emergency department with a knife wound.The nurse correctly documents the patient's wound as which type?

• A) Contusion wound
• B) Clean wound
• C) Puncture wound
• D) Primary intention wound

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