A nurse is admitting a new patient to her unit. The nurse has asked many open-ended questions while gathering information about the new patient. What is the nurse doing?
A) Interpreting what the patient has said
B) Evaluating what the patient has said
C) Assessing what the patient has said
D) Validating what the patient has said
Ans: D
Feedback: Critical thinkers validate the information presented to make sure that it is accurate (not just supposition or opinion), that it makes sense, and that it is based on fact and evidence. The nurse is not interpreting, evaluating, or assessing the information the patient has given.
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