Question

a nurse is assisting to teach a group of unit nurses about a client who has a surgical wound that is healing by secondary intention. which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching? the wound edges are well approximated. the wound is closed at a later date. a skin graft is placed over the wound bed. granulation tissue fills the wound during healing.

Explanation:

Healing by secondary intention involves the wound filling with granulation tissue as it heals. Wound edges are not well - approximated in secondary intention healing. The wound is not closed at a later date in the typical sense of secondary intention (unlike delayed primary closure), and skin grafts are not a defining characteristic of this basic type of secondary intention healing.

Answer:

D. Granulation tissue fills the wound during healing.