A nursing instructor is educating a class of student nurses about charting direct statements made by a patient. The best example of this would be
A) States, "He vomited everything he ate and drank yesterday."
B) States, "He is in excruciating pain. The pain is unrelieved by analgesics."
C) States, "The pain is getting worse. I don't know if I can stand it or not."
D) States, "His pain is getting worse and he doesn't know if he can stand it or not."

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Option C is the best example of charting direct statements made by a patient because it is written in the first person, indicating the patient's direct speech.

A Nursing Instructor Is Educating a Class of Student Nurses