What is the purpose when a nurse gathers client information?
A. It enables the nurse to modify client behaviors related to personality disorders.
B. It enables the nurse to make sound clinical judgments and plan appropriate client care.
C. It enables the nurse to prescribe the appropriate medications.
D. It enables the nurse to assign the appropriate Axis I diagnosis.
B
The purpose of gathering client information is to enable the nurse to make sound clinical nursing judgments and plan appropriate care. The nurse should complete a thorough assessment of the client, including information collected from the client, significant others, and health-care providers (consistent with HIPAA laws and the client's right to confidentiality).
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