The American Nurses Association has identified several phenomena toward which the focus of nursing care should be directed. What is one of these phenomena?
A) Pain identification
B) Ability to make choices
C) Pathophysiologic processes of unnatural phenomenon
D) Perceptual orientations
Ans: B
Feedback: The ANA identifies the following phenomena as the focus for nursing care and research: self-care processes; physiologic and pathophysiologic processes such as rest, sleep, respiration, circulation, reproduction, activity, nutrition, elimination, skin, sexuality, and communication; comfort, pain, and discomfort; and decision-making and ability to make choices. The other answers are incorrect because they are not phenomena identified by the ANA.
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