A new graduate nurse is not sure what the heart sound is that she is listening to on a patient.To avoid diagnostic error,what should the nurse do?

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The potential diagnostic error here is an error in data collection.If a new nurse is not comfortable with his/her assessment technique,he or she should ask another nurse to validate the findings.Diagnosing before validating assessment findings leads to the potential for error.Assessment data are not sufficient to assign the diagnoses Decreased cardiac output and Decisional conflict.Every nurse needs to perform his or her own assessment.A patient's status can change very rapidly.A nurse who copies the previous shift's assessment is not practicing according to standards of practice and is violating the code of ethics.

A New Graduate Nurse Is Not Sure What the Heart