A nurse is collecting data during the assessment of a patient. During the assessment, the nurse collects both subjective and objective data. Which information should the nurse consider as subjective data?
a. Heart rate of 96
b. Incisional erythema
c. Emesis of 150 mL
d. Sharp, burning pain
D
Sharp, burning pain is subjective. Subjective data are patients' verbal descriptions of their health problems. Only patients provide subjective data. Heart rate, incisions, and emesis are all objective data. Objective data are observations or measurements of a patient's health status.
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