The nurse is taking a health history from a client who has complications from chronic asthma. Which of the following is an example of an open-ended question?
1. "How would you describe your sleep pattern?"
2. "Can you describe your coughing pattern?"
3. "Is there anything that makes your breathing worse?"
4. "What medications are you on?"
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: Open-ended questions invite clients to discover and explore, elaborate, clarify, or illustrate their thoughts or feelings. They specify only the broad topic to be discussed. Open-ended questions invite long answers–longer than one or two words.
Rationale 2: Closed questions can be answered with short, factual, and specific information.
Rationale 3: Closed questions can be answered with short, factual, and specific information.
Rationale 4: Closed questions can be answered with short, factual, and specific information.
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