The nurse has just been assigned to the clinical care of a newly admitted patient. To know how to best care for the patient, the nurse uses the nursing process. Which step would the nurse probably do first?
1) Assessment
2) Diagnosis
3) Plan outcomes
4) Plan interventions
ANS: 1
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