A nurse is completing a health history on a client during a routine physical exam. Which of the following questions, which is often omitted, should be asked by the nurse?
a. "How is your family doing?"
b. "What problems have you been having?"
c. "What health concerns do you have today?"
d. "Where do you work and what do you do there?"
ANS: D
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