A nurse keeps ongoing documentation of all the clients seen at the community health clinic.The nurse enters the demographic data and the primary diagnoses into the computer to have a comprehensive perspective of the clinic's clients.Which of the following best explains why the nurse is collecting this data?

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When health data are considered collectively,the nurse may determine some patterns in risk factors associated with the occurrence of particular injuries and illnesses in a total population of clients.There is no mention of consent,so the nurse should not be collating research data.Grants for funding typically require current client data rather than trends.

A Nurse Keeps Ongoing Documentation of All the Clients Seen