If the nurse is unable to obtain a patient's weight and the patient states her weight, the nurse understands that:

a. five pounds should be added to the self-reported weight.
b. self-reported weights are valid.
c. the weight should be documented as self-reported.
d. it is impolite to ask a patient's weight.


c

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