Upon assessment, the nurse finds that a patient has a heart rate of 66 beats per minute, a respiratory rate of 12 breaths per minute, and a blood pressure of 120/80 mm Hg. The nurse ob-tained which type of data?
a. Personal
b. Demographic
c. Subjective
d. Objective
D
Objective data are observations or measurements of a patient's health status. Personal and de-mographic data refer to patient's name, age, sex, and so on. Subjective data are patients' verbal descriptions about their health problems. Demographic data includes birth, gender, address, fam-ily members' names and addresses.
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a. Reduce iron deficiency b. Reduce consumption of sodium c. Reduce consumption of saturated fat d. Reduce consumption of added sugars
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A) Finds it easy to live with this client. B) Has noticed very little change in how the client gets along with other family members. C) Is pleased with the positive behavioral consequences of the client's insomnia. D) Has experienced increased difficulty in relating comfortably to this client.
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A) Squeaky wheel B) Don't do C) Do later D) Do now