A nurse is beginning to conduct a health history for a client with respiratory problems. He notes that the client is having respiratory distress. What would the nurse do next?
A) Continue with the health history, but more slowly.
B) Ask questions of the family instead of the client.
C) Conduct the interview later and let the client rest.
D) Initiate interventions to help relieve the symptoms.

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The priority in this situation is to initiate interventions to relieve the client's respiratory distress. Continuing with the health history may worsen the client's condition, while asking questions of the family may delay appropriate intervention. Conducting the interview later may also delay necessary interventions.

A Nurse Is Beginning to Conduct a Health History for a Client