What are symptoms?

What are symptoms?

• A. Subjective findings verbalized by the client
• B. Physical signs observed
• C. Objective measurements
• D. Laboratory values

Answer: (A)

Symptoms are the experiences the client reports about how they feel. They are subjective and come from the patient’s own perception, such as pain, fatigue, dizziness, or nausea, and they’re described in the client’s own words. This differs from signs, which are objective observations you can verify (like swelling or a rash), objective measurements from tools (such as blood pressure or pulse), and laboratory values from tests. So the best understanding is that symptoms are verbalized, subjective findings provided by the client.

Symptoms are the experiences the client reports about how they feel. They are subjective and come from the patient’s own perception, such as pain, fatigue, dizziness, or nausea, and they’re described in the client’s own words. This differs from signs, which are objective observations you can verify (like swelling or a rash), objective measurements from tools (such as blood pressure or pulse), and laboratory values from tests. So the best understanding is that symptoms are verbalized, subjective findings provided by the client.