Which subjective assessment data are most supportive of a client's diagnosis of anxiety?
a. "Client has diaphoretic and cool skin"
b. "Client has an apical pulse rate of 120 beats per minute"
c. "Client reports ‘needing to leave now'"
d. "Client claims ‘something is terribly wrong'"
D
Subjective data are clients' perceptions about their health problems. The statement by the client regarding his or her sense of impending doom is the best example of subjective data regarding the client's anxiety because it is his or her own verbalization of the problem.
Cool, damp skin is an example of objective data. Objective data are observations or measure-ments made by the data collector.
A pulse rate is an example of objective data. Objective data are observations or measurements made by the data collector.
While a client statement regarding the need to leave the hospital is subjective in nature, it is not as strong an indicator of anxiety as is the verbalization of impending doom.
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