When documenting what a patient said in the medical record, use:
a. past tense (e.g., She stated that she was hungry for days).
b. quotation marks (e.g., "I was hungry for days").
c. a summary of your idea of what was being said (e.g., I believe the patient was hungry).
d. it is not necessary to document what the patients says.
Answer: b
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