A nurse's role in providing effective care to clients involves gathering complete and accurate information about the client. A client has just arrived in the primary care provider's office with complaints of a sharp pain in the kidney area

Question

The nurse is preparing for the admission interview of the client. When collecting data, what information should the nurse classify as objective data?
1 . Vital signs
2 . Laboratory tests to measure the chemical makeup of the urine
3 . Client is afraid of the sharp pain in the kidney area
4 . Client reasons for visiting the primary care office
A) 1, 2
B) 1, 4
C) 2, 3
D) 3, 4

Answer 1

A
Feedback:
Objective data include all the measurable and observable pieces of information about the client and the client's overall state of health. This includes the vital signs and the laboratory tests to measure the chemical makeup of urine. Subjective data consist of the client's opinions or feelings about what is happening. This includes that the client is afraid of the sharp pain in the kidney area and the client's reasons for coming to the primary care provider's office.