The detailed physical assessment is BEST defined as:
A) a careful, thorough process of eliciting the patient's history and conducting an exam.
B) identifying and correcting immediate life-threatening conditions.
C) a problem-oriented assessment based on the patient's chief complaint.
D) detecting trends and determining changes in your patient's condition.
A
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