The nurse who is taking a sexual history from a patient should:
1. Ask questions that the patient can answer with "yes" or "no".
2. Ask mostly open-ended questions.
3. Have the patient fill out a comprehensive questionnaire and review it after the patient leaves.
4. Try not to make much direct eye contact.
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Rationale 1: Open-ended questions are often useful in eliciting information. Yes-or-no answers will not provide the necessary information.
Rationale 2: Open-ended questions are often useful in eliciting information.
Rationale 3: Asking a patient to fill out a questionnaire about sexual history is not appropriate.
Rationale 4: It is helpful to use direct eye contact as much as possible, unless culturally unacceptable.
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