The nurse is reviewing a patient's database for significant changes and discovers that the patient has not voided in over 8 hours.The patient's kidney function labs are abnormal,and the patient's oral intake has significantly decreased since previous shifts.Which step of the nursing process should the nurse proceed to after this review?

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After a thorough assessment,the nurse should proceed to analyzing the data and formulating a nursing diagnosis before proceeding with developing the plan of care and determining appropriate interventions.The evaluation phase involves determining whether the interventions were effective.

The Nurse Is Reviewing a Patient's Database for Significant Changes