A nurse is collecting data during the assessment of a patient.During the assessment,the nurse collects both subjective and objective data.Which information should the nurse consider as subjective data?

A) The patient's catheter drained 400 mL of urine during the last 8 hours.
B) The patient's incision is clean,dry,and intact with staples.
C) The patient reports having sharp,burning pain with urination.
D) The patient refused breakfast after vomiting 200 mL green emesis.

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Ishan Arora · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  Subjective data are patients' verbal descriptions of their health problems.The description of sharp,burning pain with urination is subjective as it could only be felt and reported by the patient.Only patients provide subjective data.Urinary output,incision appearance,and emesis are all objective data.Objective data are observations or measurements of a patient's health status.

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