Question

Recognizing Subjective and Objective Data and Nursing Diagnoses

A. The risk for Aspiration (Inhaling fluids)

B. Activity Intolerance F. Ineffective Breathing Pattern

C. Anxiety G. Ineffective Airway Clearance

D. The risk for Impaired Skin Integrity

E Fears

H. Impaired Skin Integrity

1.) Mrs. Ballard is admitted to your unit. She says she “just feels tired all the time”. You perform your assessment and find that her lungs are clear, she is short of breath after walking only 20 feet, her pulse is 130 after walking, and her lab work shows that her Hemoglobin is very low (Anemic). Of the above data, which is Objective? Of the above data, which is Subjective? Which Nursing Diagnosis would you choose for her? ______

Answer 1

objective data- the data that can be measured by others, collected from the record, given by relatives etc

• pulse-130 bpm
• haemoglobin- very low
• shortness of breath after walking

subjective data - the data that can be only experienced by the self

• tiredness

nursing diagnosis priority wise

• ineffective breathing pattern related to walking as evidenced by shortness of breath and anaemia
• activity intolerance related to tiredness as evidenced by low haemoglobin.