Which of the following questions should the nurse use to begin an ethnographic interview with a newly admitted adult patient from Egypt?
A) "How have you been feeling during the past week?"
B) "Why are you here?"
C) "What is making you feel pain?"
D) "Can you describe your family?"
Ans: A
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