A nurse understands the need for effective communication with clients during assessments. The nurse is completing the admission history for a client admitted to the healthcare facility
Which can result from the nurse using open-ended questions during the client admission history assessment? A) In-depth information
B) Simple responses
C) Brief interview
D) Predictable responses
A
Feedback:
Open-ended questions are beneficial because they help the nurse to obtain in-depth information from the client. Open-ended questions encourage longer and more thorough answers. In reply to a closed-ended question, the nurse obtains simple answers, predictable responses, and very often a brief interview. This could result in obtaining incomplete information, and the nurse could miss out on learning vital details, which could have been obtained by asking open-ended questions.
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