When a patient asks how bad the injuries will be from a spinal injury,what is the nurse's best response? It is difficult to know the full extent of the injury because of:
A) Incomplete transection of the spinal cord
B) Swelling within the spinal cord
C) Necrosis of the spinal cord
D) Free radical injury and scarring of the glial cells

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Cord swelling increases the individual's degree of dysfunction,so it is hard to distinguish functions permanently lost from those temporarily impaired.
It is swelling,not incomplete transection,that leads to the difficulty knowing the full extent of injury in the spinal column.
It is swelling,not necrosis,that leads to the difficulty knowing the full extent of injury in the spinal column.
It is swelling,not free radical injury and scarring,that leads to the difficulty knowing the full extent of injury in the spinal column.

When a Patient Asks How Bad the Injuries Will Be