The nurse is collecting data from an African-American client scheduled for surgery. Which of the following questions would be of least priority for the nurse to ask on initial assessment?
1. "Do you ever experience chest pain?"
2. "Do you have any difficulty breathing?"
3. "Do you have a close family relationship?"
4. "Do you frequently have episodes of headache?"
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Rationale: In the African-American culture, it is considered to be intrusive to ask personal ques-tions on the initial contact or meeting. African Americans are highly verbal and express feelings openly to family or friends, but what transpires within the family is viewed as private. Psy-cho-social data are the least priority during the initial data collection. Additionally, cardiovascu-lar, neurological, and respiratory data include physiological assessments that would be the prior-ity.
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