A patient has been very slow to recover from a fracture. The physician has ordered a treatment that will increase the migration of osteoblasts and osteoclasts to the fracture site. The nurse realizes that this treatment is which of the following?

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Electrical bone stimulation has been shown to increase the migration of both osteoblasts and osteoclasts to the site of a fracture, leading to faster healing. Open reduction and manipulation is a surgical procedure to realign bone fragments, while open visualization and debridement is a surgical procedure to remove damaged tissue and bone fragments. Fracture assimilation is not a recognized medical term.

A Patient Has Been Very Slow to Recover from a Fracture