A nurse who provides care at an inpatient eating disorder clinic is performing an admission assessment of a young woman who has been diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. Which of the following assessment questions is most therapeutic?
A) "Why do you prefer not to eat food if you know that it's both healthy and pleasurable?"
B) "What do you think about how much you weigh right now?"
C) "What do you believe has caused your anorexia?"
D) "Is there anything that I can get you to eat right now?"
Ans: B
Open-ended questions that are not "loaded" or accusatory are most likely to elicit data from a client who has an eating disorder. Offering food at this early stage of care is likely to inhibit rather than enhance rapport between the nurse and the client.
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