A nursing instructor asked his nursing students to discuss their experiences with charting assessment data. Which comment by the student indicates the need for further teaching?
1) "I find it difficult to avoid using phrases like ‘the patient tolerated the procedure well.'"
2) "It's confusing to have to remember which abbreviations this hospital allows."
3) "I need to work on charting assessments and interventions right after they are done."
4) "My patient was really quiet and didn't say much, so I charted that he acted depressed."
ANS: 4
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