A patient, admitted for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident, has several inflamed wounds on his legs and arms. The nurse realizes that the inflammation
1. helps to build new tissue.
2. is the first phase of the wound healing process.
3. works to create new blood vessels.
4. is a precursor to collagen formation.
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Rationale: Inflammation is essential to the healing process and is the first phase of the wound healing process. New tissue is built during the proliferative phase of the wound healing process. Angiogenesis is the creation of new blood vessels which occurs in the proliferative phase of the wound healing process. Fibroblasts produce collagen which occurs in the proliferative phase of the wound healing process.
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