While providing care to a patient, the nurse stops to assess a new patient problem. The assessment in this situation would be which of the following?

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Since the nurse is only assessing a new patient problem while providing care to an existing patient, it would be a focused assessment, meaning that the assessment is specific to the issue at hand and not a full initial assessment. The assessment can be both objective (observable) and subjective (based on patient reported information), depending on the nature of the new problem.

While Providing Care to a Patient, the Nurse Stops to Assess