When documenting subjective data, the nurse should do which of ...

[rmenurse]

When documenting subjective data, the nurse should do which of the following?
 
  A) Use the client's own words placed in quotation marks.
  B) Paraphrase the information stated by the client.
  C) Validate the information with the client's family prior to documentation.
  D) Record the information using nonspecific words.

Question 2

The nurse is using a systematic approach to the collection of assessment data. The nurse uses an assessment guide that uses a hierarchy of five life requirements universal to all persons.
 
  A) Human Needs (Maslow) model
  B) Functional Health Patterns model
  C) Human Response Patterns model
  D) Body System model

[dreamfighter72]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: A

Subjective data should be recorded using the client's own words, whenever possible. Quotation marks should be used around the client's statement. The tendency to use nonspecific terms that are subject to individual definition or interpretation should be avoided.

Answer to Question 2

A) Human Needs (Maslow) model
The nurse is following the Human Needs model based on Maslow's Hierarchy of HumanNeeds. The Functional Health Patterns model was developed by Gordon and is aframework that identifies 11 functional health patterns and organizes data according tothese patterns. The Body System model is often used by the medical community, and itorganizes data according to organ and tissue function in various body systems. TheHuman Response Pattern model focuses on a unitary person