The nurse caring for a patient who sustained burns of 30% of the total body surface area 7 days ago is assessing the status of the patient's wounds. Which phase of wound healing would the nurse expect to be occurring?
1. Contraction
2. Inflammatory
3. Maturation
4. Proliferative
Answer: 2
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