While gathering a baseline history about a patient,a nurse is told by a team social worker that the patient "acts weird and has bad hygiene." The nurse's responsibility is to:
A) accept the data without question.
B) form impressions based on data personally gathered.
C) document the impression of the team social worker.
D) discuss the social worker's impression with the patient.

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In using information from secondary sources,nurses should not simply accept the assessment of another health care team member; instead,they should apply the information they obtain to their nursing framework for data collection and formulate their own impressions and diagnoses.This brings another perspective to the work of the health care team and promotes an unbiased receptivity to patients and their problems.

While Gathering a Baseline History About a Patient,a Nurse Is