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.
-At this phase of injury,how would you expect the area surrounding the injury to present?

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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. 
-At this phase of injury,how would you expect the area surrounding the injury to present?

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The area surrounding the injury is likely to be red and hot due to the inflammatory response, which is the body's natural reaction to injury. This response increases blood flow to the area, causing redness and warmth.

Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question