A client is admitted to the emergency department with a complete fracture of the left radius. The nurse understands that with this type of fracture, the bone is
A) displaced with fragments out of normal position.
B) fractured only through one cortex of bone.
C) fractured through the entire bone.
D) fragmented with multiple pieces of bone.

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In a complete fracture, the fracture line extends across the entire bone. Option a is a displaced fracture; option b is an incomplete fracture; and option d is a burst fracture.

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