To gather data about a patient's judgment, which question would be most appropriate?
a. "What brought you to the hospital?"
b. "On a scale of 1 to 100, what would you consider your stress level to be?"
c. "What problem would you like to work on while you are hospitalized?"
d. "If you found a stamped, addressed envelope lying in the street, what would you do with it?"
D
Judgment involves making decisions that are constructive and adaptive. The other options relate information but do not require critical thinking to produce a judgment.
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