A nursing student is working to develop assessment skills. The student knows that nurses utilize principles of assessment:
1. Upon admission.
2. Throughout hospitalization.
3. At the point of entry to care.
4. Prior to discharge.
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Rationale: Assessment is essential to the delivery of nursing care and is included at all phases of a client's hospitalization, beginning at the point of entry to care through discharge.
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