A nurse is conducting an admission interview with an older patient admitted to a long-term care facility
When the nurse asks about the patient's former occupation, the patient states, "What do you care? I am long retired!" What response by the nurse is best?
a. "Your job may have exposed you to some health hazards."
b. "It helps me get to know you and your background better."
c. "We have several clubs here you might be interested in."
d. "No real reason, it's just part of our ad-mission interview."
A
Previous occupations may have exposed the patient to health hazards that might be important. The question does help the nurse get to know the patient and maybe offer some activities he or she would most likely be interested in, but that's not the main reason for the question. Saying there is no reason to ask the question puts the entire admission interview under suspicion for be-ing irrelevant.
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