A patient tells the nurse she is very concerned because the health care provider informed her that her fractured arm is healing with malunion. The nurse recognizes this as:

A. Failure of a fracture to unite within the normal period

B. Failure to produce union and cessation of the processes of bone

C. Healing with deformity, angulation, or rotation that is visible on X-ray films

D. An expected outcome as the client is obese