A patient is suffering from shortness of breath.How should the nurse write the expected outcome for this patient?
A) "The patient will be comfortable by the morning."
B) "The patient will breathe unlabored at 14 to 18 breaths per minute by the end of the shift."
C) "The patient will not complain of breathing problems."
D) "The patient will appear less short of breath."

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Each patient outcome contains the following aspects in order to be correctly written: (1)patient-centered,(2)singular,(3)observable,(4)measurable,(5)time limited,(6)mutual factors,and (7)realistic.Comfortable is not measurable.Outcome that deals with no complaints of breathing is lacking the time limited guideline."Patient will appear less short of breath" is not a correct statement because there is no specific observable behavior for "appears less short of breath."

A Patient Is Suffering from Shortness of Breath