The nurse assesses the client with altered musculoskeletal function. Which is the best reason supporting the nurse's reason to ask probing questions?
1. Explore how the client's family reacts to the disability.
2. Evaluate client concerns about the problem at this time.
3. Determine how the alteration affects the client's lifestyle.
4. Validate the amount of physical rehabilitation completed.
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3, 1, 2, and 4. Determining how the altered musculoskeletal function affects the client's lifestyle is the best reason the nurse asks probing questions; with skillful fol-low-up questioning, the nurse reveals the most comprehensive information about the client, including family reactions, client concerns, and rehabilitation issues. If the nurse justified asking probing questioning to evaluate client concerns, family reac-tions, or rehabilitation, any issues unrelated to client these elements would not receive attention.
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