In counseling an adolescent female about safe sex practices, which question is the most appropriate for the nurse to ask?
1. "Do you and your boyfriend use a condom every time you have sex?"
2. "Do you have a boyfriend, and if so, are you sexually active?"
3. "Do you have one or more sexual partners?"
4. "Have you and your boyfriend ever had unprotected sex?"
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale: "Do you have one or more sexual partners?" provides the adolescent an opportunity to discuss sexual practices in a homosexual or alternative relationship if this applies to her. All of the other questions assume that the adolescent is involved in heterosexual relationships.
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