"The patient got out of bed and walked 20 feet without reporting or displaying signs of shortness of breath" is an example of ____ in documentation. 

A. clarity
B. too much detail
C. breach of confidentiality
D. using the client's words
E. lack of completeness


A. clarity
This example clearly states what happened, as opposed to the more ambiguous statement "The patient got out of bed and felt fine."

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