An adolescent comes to a community health clinic with complaints of vaginal itching and discharge. She believes it is from having sex with her boyfriend. Which response should the nurse use during the health history to elicit information?
A) "Tell me about the sexual activity with your boyfriend."
B) "Why did you ever have sex with someone you don't know?"
C) "You are old enough to know to use condoms."
D) "I don't understand how you could be so careless."
Ans: A
The health history is used to collect subjective data about the client's health status. Nurses use therapeutic communication skills, including open-ended statements and questions that are not threatening or negative, to establish an effective nurse–client relationship that facilitates communication.
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