A mother brings a child to the pediatric office for a sick visit. The nurse should
1. focus exclusively on the reportedillness.
2. review health-promotion and healthmaintenance activities.
3. ask the mother to leave the roomafter obtaining the history.
4. obtain a comprehensive history,including sociodemographic data.
Answer:2
Rationale: A nurse should use every opportunity during an office visit to review health-promotion and health-maintenance activities.Focusing exclusively on the reported illnesses ignores the opportunity to use health-promotion strategies. There is not enough data in this scenario to determine whether the mother should be asked to leave the room. There is not enough information to indicate that a comprehensive history should be taken at this visit.
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