A nursing instructor asked his nursing students to discuss their experiences with charting assessment data.Which comment by the student indicates the need for further teaching?

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When charting data,chart only what was observed,not what it meant.Inferences should not be made about a patient's behavior during data collection ("he acted depressed"),so that response reflects the student's lack of knowledge and need for teaching.Chart specific data,not vague phrases; the student is acknowledging the importance of this.There are no universally accepted phrases,just agency-approved abbreviations; the student is acknowledging the need to use agency-approved abbreviations.The student is correct that charting should be completed as soon after data collection as possible.

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