Which of the following client care concerns is clearly a nursing responsibility?
A) Prescribing medications
B) Monitoring health status changes
C) Ordering diagnostic examinations
D) Performing surgical procedures

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Monitoring health status changes is clearly a nursing responsibility as it falls under the scope of nursing practice to assess and monitor the client's health status and report any changes to other healthcare professionals. Prescribing medications and performing surgical procedures are not within a nurse's scope of practice, and ordering diagnostic examinations may be done by a nurse practitioner or physician but not necessarily a registered nurse.

Which of the Following Client Care Concerns Is Clearly a Nursing