A patient comes to the emergency department and states, "I am having chest pain and I feel short of breath.". The data the patient has just given the nurse is considered as which of the following?
1. Subjective
2. Objective
3. Factual
4. Nonspecific
Subjective
Rationale: Subjective data is information that the patient provides to the nurse. Objective data is information collected by using the senses with the techniques of observation, palpation, auscultation, percussion, and smell. Factual and nonspecific are not identified types of data.
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