A 24-year-old female rock climber is brought to the Emergency Department after a fall from the face of a rock. The young lady is admitted for observation after being diagnosed with a contusion to the brain. The client asks the nurse what having a contusion means. How should the nurse respond?
A) Contusions are bruising, and sometimes, hemorrhage of superficial cerebral tissue.
B) Contusions are deep brain injuries.
C) Contusions are microscopic brain injuries.
D) Contusions occur when the brain is jarred and bounces off the skull on the opposite side from the blow.
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