What phase of the nursing process is the nurse in when he determines a medication is effective and documents this in the patient's record?
A) Analysis
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
D) Data collection
Ans: B
Feedback: Evaluation, the final step of the nursing process, allows the nurse to determine the patient's response to the nursing interventions and the extent to which the objectives have been achieved. The other answers are incorrect because they are not the correct phase of the nursing process.
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