Basic Nursing 1st Edition by Judith Wilkinson, Leslie Treas

Exercise 16

• The outcome "Patient will not complain of pain:' by itself is not a valid criterion for measuring pain. Why? What would be a more valid criterion for pain?
• A criterion reads, "Measures client vital signs once per shift, or as ordered:' For which of the following standards would it be valid (i.e., which conclusion could you draw if you knew that a nurse measured the vital signs once per shift, or as ordered)?
Follows unit policies.
Performs skills accurately.