When the nurse is gathering information of a personal nature, the question that best communicates acceptance of the patient is,

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When asking personal or potentially sensitive questions, prefacing the question with phrases such as "many people" indicates that the patient's situation is normal. Therefore, the best response is that where the nurse asks whether the patient actually has the problem of limited resources but does not imply any judgments about the patient in his regard. The response beginning, "Individuals going through a divorce have many emotional problems" implies that the nurse has already decided the patient must be having emotional problems. The response beginning, "A lot of people drink alcohol in excessive amounts" indicates that the nurse thinks the patient does drink alcohol daily. And the response beginning, "Many drugs used for hypertension cause sexual dysfunction" indicates that the nurse is sure that the patient is having problems.

When the Nurse Is Gathering Information of a Personal Nature