A nurse is caring for a client with complaints of lower back pain. The nurse uses the body systems approach to assess the client. What are the advantages of using this approach for data collection?
A) Makes problems more easily identifiable as findings tend to be clustered.
B) Prevents overlooking certain aspects of data collection.
C) Reduces the number of position changes required of the client.
D) Takes less time, as the nurse is not constantly moving around the client.
A
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The body systems approach makes problems more easily identifiable, as findings tend to be clustered. The head-to-toe approach to client assessment prevents the nurse from overlooking certain aspects of data collection, reduces the number of position changes required of the client, and takes less time.
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