A client is admitted to the healthcare facility with breathing difficulty. The nurse observes that the client has had a productive cough with thick, purulent sputum several times in the past hour. What prompts the nurse to notify the physician?
A) A trial and error approach
B) Critical thinking
C) Interpreting the results
D) Scientific problem-solving
B
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The nurse has applied critical thinking, which involves the ability to grasp the meaning of multiple clues to find quick answers when facing difficult problems. A trial and error approach is used in laboratory studies and is an experimental approach. The results for trial and error are unknown until tried and so it is not used regularly to interpret information. Interpreting results is part of the evaluation stage of the nursing process. Scientific problem-solving is generally used to discover the best possible safe and effective treatments for diseases, not analyzing a client's condition and notifying the physician of a developing problem.
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