A client reports to a health care facility with complaints of abdominal pain and vomiting. The client's wife informs the nurse that the client had gone out for dinner the previous night
Which of the following would be the primary source of assessment data? A) Client's friends
B) Client's wife
C) Client himself
D) Test reports
C
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As the client is in a conscious state, he himself is the primary source of information since he can give firsthand information. The client's wife, friends, and test results would be the secondary sources of data.
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