The patient tells the nurse that everything "tastes funny" since starting a new medication, making eating unpleasant. The nurse has given this medication to other patients and has not heard this complaint from any of them
The nurse checks the drug reference again to learn whether this is a known side effect of the medication and reads that it is. This information may be helpful in making a nursing diagnosis and determining how best to address this problem. Which data from this scenario is considered subjective? 1. The nurse rechecks the drug reference about known side effects of the medication.
2. The patient tells the nurse that everything "tastes funny."
3. The nurse reads that this medication can cause a metallic taste in some patients.
4. Other patients who have taken this medication have never reported this side effect to the nurse.
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Rationale 1: Rechecking the drug reference is an example of obtaining factual information about the medication, not data about the patient.
Rationale 2: The statement by the patient is subjective data because it reflects something that only the patient, not the nurse, can perceive.
Rationale 3: That this medication can cause a metallic taste is factual information about the medication, not data about the patient.
Rationale 4: The nurse's prior experience with this medication is not data about the patient.
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