A Nurse Is Beginning to Conduct a Health History for a Client

question 2

Multiple Choice

A nurse is beginning to conduct a health history for a client with respiratory problems. He notes that the client is having respiratory distress. What would the nurse do next?

• A) Continue with the health history, but more slowly.
• B) Ask questions of the family instead of the client.
• C) Conduct the interview later and let the client rest.
• D) Initiate interventions to help relieve the symptoms.