A male patient with back pain asks why the nurse needs so many details about his history. What is the most effective response by the nurse?
a. "You seem reluctant to provide informa-tion.".
b. "We need complete data to plan nursing care.".
c. "It will take a short time to answer all questions.".
d. "We need to determine contributors to your pain.".
B
The nurse explains that comprehensive data facilitate individualized patient care, lower patient risks of injury, and increase patient safety. Determining factors that contribute to the patient's pain is part of a pain assessment and one of the details that help the nurse plan individualized pa-tient care. Stating that the patient seems reluctant to provide information is placing an interpreta-tion on his motives and may be completely off base if the patient is just trying to understand the process. Commenting that not much time is needed to answer the questions is not responsive to the patient's question.
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