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A nurse is performing a shift assessment on a patient. While collecting objective and subjective data, the nurse identifies as objective data that
 
  1. The patient reports feelings of depression.
  2. The patient demonstrates facial grimacing.
  3. The patient complains of feeling nauseated.
  4. The patient complains of visual disturbances.

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A nurse admits a patient and selects the priority nursing diagnosis of acute pain. The nurse plans to administer pain medication as needed. When the patient complains of pain, the nurse medicates the patient. Next, the nurse should
 
  1. Assess the patient's laboratory values.
  2. Create a new nursing diagnosis.
  3. Administer an additional dose of medication.
  4. Evaluate the effects of the medication.



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