A patient hospitalized for 6 days has made little progress toward outcomes written at the time of admission. The nurse decides that the lack of progress toward goals indicates that:

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When the evaluation is made that goals are not being attained, reassessment should take place. Nursing diagnoses might need to be reformulated, more realistic outcomes identified, or nursing interventions changed, but none of these measures can be determined to be appropriate until the reassessment has been completed.

A Patient Hospitalized for 6 Days Has Made Little Progress