A nursing instructor is educating a class of student nurses about charting direct statements made by a patient. The best example of this would be
1. States, "He vomited everything he ate and drank yesterday."
2. States, "He is in excruciating pain. The pain is unrelieved by analgesics."
3. States, "The pain is getting worse. I don't know if I can stand it or not."
4. States, "His pain is getting worse and he doesn't know if he can stand it or not."
ANS: 3
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