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Fracture in X-ray finding: should the nurse recognize it?

Sora Yasri, Viroj Wiwanitkit

Abstract


Bone is an important structural organ of everyone. Broken bone is a common disorder and medically termed as fracture. Fracture is a common orthopedic problem. The fracture is usually a possible problem following traumatic injury. Sometimes, if there is no open fracture, it might be hard to early diagnose fracture without the use of imaging technology. In clinical nursing, the care of orthopedic nursing is important. To have a good care, the nurses have to know the condition of the patient. The knowledge regarding the X-ray finding of the patient with fracture might be useful in clinical orthopedic nursing practice.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijorn.v3i2.751

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