A student nurse attempts to perform a nursing history for the first time. The student nurse asks the instructor how anyone ever learns all the questions the nurse must ask to get good baseline data....

A student nurse attempts to perform a nursing history for the
first time. The student nurse asks the instructor how anyone
ever learns all the questions the nurse must ask to get good
baseline data. What would be the instructor’s best reply?
a. “There’s a lot to learn at first, but once it becomes part of
you, you just keep asking the same questions over and over
in each situation until you can do it in your sleep!”
b. “You make the basic questions a part of you and then learn
to modify them for each unique situation, asking yourself
how much you need to know to plan good care.”
c. “No one ever really learns how to do this well because
each history is different! I often feel like I’m starting
afresh with each new patient.”
d. “Don’t worry about learning all of the questions to ask.
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