Which statement by the nurse illustrates how a nursing patient assessment differs from a medical patient assessment?

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The patient's being able to stand and walk is the correct answer. The nurse focuses on functional abilities and deficits in order to focus the plan of care and help identify the outcome priorities. These areas are not generally assessed by the physician. The patient's feeling fearful of his disposition at discharge is incorrect because the nursing patient assessment does not focus on feelings and behavior. In addition to subjective data illustrated here by the patient's stating the location of his pain, the nurse also uses objective data for the nursing patient assessment. The statement describing the patient's medical history is not the focus of a nursing patient assessment.

Which Statement by the Nurse Illustrates How a Nursing Patient