Nursing Care Plan for Fractures






Nursing Care Plan for Fractures: Overview

Fracture Overview

A fracture is a discontinuity or break in a bone. There are more than 150 fracture classifications.


Five major ones are as follow:


Incomplete: Fracture involves only a portion of the cross-section of the bone. One side breaks; the other usually just bends (greenstick).

Complete: Fracture line involves entire cross-section of

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