NCLEX Practice Questions: Quiz 343 November 1, 2015 By Rana Waqar Leave a Comment The nurse is caring for a 4 year-old child with a greenstick fracture. In explaining this type of fracture to the parents, the BEST response by the nurse should be that A) A child's bone is more flexible and can be bent 45 degrees before breaking B) Bones of children are more porous than adults and often have incomplete breaks C) Compression of porous bones produces a buckle or torus type break D) Bone fragments often remain attached by a periosteal hinge Δ
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