A nurse in the post-surgical unit assumes care of a patient with a surgical wound that appears clean and dry, with intact sutures and approximated wound edges. Which type of healing process would the state of this wound be described as?

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This type of wound healing would be characterized as primary intention. Primary intention is a type of healing that deliberately attempts to close the wound, and prevent infection and trauma at the site. This type of wound healing offers the least amount of lost tissue, reduced chanced of infected tissue, and very little drainage from the wound.

A Nurse in the Post-Surgical Unit Assumes Care of a Patient