Question

a nurse at an urgent care clinic is auscultating the lungs of a client who reports a cough and shortness of breath. which of the following steps of the nursing process is the nurse using?

evaluation

implementation

planning

data collection

Explanation:

Auscultating the lungs is a method of gathering information about the client's condition. This is part of data - collection in the nursing process, where nurses collect subjective and objective data to identify health problems.

Answer:

Data collection