The patient experiences extensive third-degree burns.What type of healing does the nurse expect? Healing by:

A) Primary intention
B) Second intention
C) Tertiary intention
D) Primary intention if no infection occurs

A third-degree burn heals by tertiary intention.Skin grafts would be required to bring edges of granulation tissue together.Wound healing by primary intention occurs when there is minimal or no tissue loss,and edges are well approximated.With a third-degree burn the edges cannot approximate for primary intention healing.Even if no infection occurs,this wound will not heal by primary intention because of deep tissue loss.