How should the nurse interview a 90-year-old Chinese woman who is accompanied by her daughter?
a. Use direct, short questions.
b. Address all the questions to the daughter.
c. Use pictures of body systems rather than anatomical terms.
d. Use social conversation and indirect questions.
ANS: D
Persons with an Asian background consider direct questions inappropriate and they are more comfortable with indirect questioning in a social context. Rather than saying, "How many bowel movements do you have a day?" it would be better to ask, "How would you describe your digestion?"
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