Which method of data collection will the nurse use to establish a patient's database?

A) Reviewing the current literature to determine evidence-based nursing actions
B) Checking orders for diagnostic and laboratory tests
C) Performing a physical examination
D) Ordering medications

You will learn to conduct different types of assessments: the patient-centered interview during a nursing health history, a physical examination, and the periodic assessments you make during rounding or administering care. A nursing database includes a physical examination. The nurse reviews the current literature in the implementation phase of the nursing process to determine evidence-based actions, and the health care provider is responsible for ordering medications. The nurse uses results from the diagnostic and laboratory tests to establish a patient database, not checking orders for tests.