While the patient's lower extremity,which is in a cast,is assessed,the patient tells the nurse about an inability to rest at night.The nurse disregards this complaint,thinking that no correlation has been noted between having a leg cast and developing restless sleep.What would be a more theoretically sound first approach?

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The nurse must use critical thinking skills to assess this situation first.The best response is to gather more assessment data by asking the patient about usual sleep patterns and when the difficulty with resting began.The nurse should assess before documenting and should not ignore the patient's complaints.

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