Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question

question 8

Multiple Choice

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
Mario is a 35-year-old male who has come into your ER with a laceration to his left hand. According to Mario, he was working on home renovations in his 1945 city bungalow, when an old board fell from a shelf and injured his hand. The laceration is a cut about 3 inches long, but fairly shallow. It appears that it was bleeding pretty heavily, but he has stopped the bleeding by holding pressure on it with an old t-shirt. He said it happened about an hour ago.
-What will be the natural progression of healing for Mario,assuming that everything happens in its usual order?

• A)edema/pus formation,vascular reactions,further edema,scar formation
• B)injury,swelling,secondary injury,scar formation
• C)injury,edema/pus formation,scar formation,exudative leaking
• D)injury,vascular reactions,edema/pus formation,scar formation

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Definitions:

Ranges

The difference between the maximum and minimum values in a data set, indicating the spread of values.

Coefficient of Variation

A standardized measure of dispersion of a probability distribution or frequency distribution, calculated as the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean.

Range

The difference between the largest and smallest values in a data set.

Coefficient of Variation

A standardized measure of dispersion of a probability distribution or frequency distribution, expressed as a percentage of the mean.