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• Recheck your own data through a repeat

                                                                                    assessment.


                                                                                        ➢For example, take the client’s temperature


                    Analysis /                                                              again with a different thermometer.




                    Methods Of                                                   • Clarify data with the client by asking additional




                    Validation                                                      questions.

                                                                                        ➢For example: if a client is holding his


                                                                                            abdomen the nurse may assume he is having

                                                                                            abdominal pain, when actually the client is

                                                                                            very upset about his diagnosis and is feeling
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