The Nurse Caring for a Client with a Traumatic Arm

question 7

Multiple Choice

The nurse caring for a client with a traumatic arm amputation knows that care will be significantly different from other clients with amputations because

• A) clients with traumatic amputations are usually young and get well fast.
• B) the postoperative complication rate is lower than with venous insufficiency.
• C) the surgery to repair the limb is not as involved as with arterial insufficiency.
• D) there was no time beforehand to grieve the loss of the limb.

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