In counseling an adolescent female about safe sex practices,the most appropriate question for the nurse to ask would be
1. "Do you and your boyfriend use acondom every time you have sex?"
2. "Do you have a boyfriend and if so,are you sexually active?"
3. "Do you have one or more sexualpartners?"
4. "Have you and your boyfriend everhad unprotected sex?"
Answer:3
Rationale: All of the other questions assume that the adolescent is involved in heterosexual relationships."Do you have one or more sexual partners?"provides the adolescent an opportunity to discuss sexual practices in a homosexual or alternative relationship if this applies to her.
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