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
Select your answer:
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