What Guidelines Should the Nurse Use When Interviewing Adolescents

question 31

Multiple Choice

What guidelines should the nurse use when interviewing adolescents?

• A) Ensure privacy.
• B) Use open-ended questions.
• C) Share your thoughts and assumptions.
• D) Explain that all interactions will be confidential.
• E) Begin with less sensitive issues and proceed to more sensitive ones.

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Definitions:

Dialogue

A conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie, or as a means of communication.

Change Competency

The ability to adapt to and manage changes within an organization or environment successfully.

Informal Settings

Environments or situations characterized by a casual, unofficial, or unstructured nature, often contrasting formally organized settings.

Formal Settings

Environments or situations characterized by structured, regulated operations and behaviors, often found in organizational or institutional contexts.