The nurse is planning to assess a client's family relationships. What questions will the nurse ask to obtain this information?
1. How do you spend your free time?
2. What is your home like?
3. Who is most important to you?
4. How well do you feel you accomplish what is expected of you?
5. Whom do you seek out for help?
Correct Answer: 2,4
Rationale 1: The question "How do you spend your free time?" is a question to assess work and social roles.
Rationale 2: The question "What is your home like?" is an appropriate question for the nurse to ask to assess a client's family relationships.
Rationale 3: The question "Who is most important to you?" is a question to assess work and social roles.
Rationale 4: The question "How well do you feel you accomplish what is expected of you?" is an appropriate question for the nurse to ask to assess a client's family relationships.
Rationale 5: The question "Whom do you seek out for help?" is a question to assess work and social roles.
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