A patient comes to the emergency department and states, "I am having chest pain and I feel short of breath." How is the data the patient has just given the nurse classified?

Question

1. Nonspecific
2. Objective
3. Factual
4. Subjective

Answer 1

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Rationale 1: Nonspecific is not a term used to describe types of assessment data.
Rationale 2: Objective data is information collected when the nurse uses the senses: observation, palpation, auscultation, percussion, and smell.
Rationale 3: Factual is not a term used to describe types of assessment data.
Rationale 4: Subjective data is information the patient provides to the nurse.