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Unit 2 A - Patient Interview
Unit 2 A - Patient Interview
2. You are talking to the father of a child with 4. During history taking, your patient said,
1. Mr. & Mrs. Quinn are awaiting results of a terminal disease. You feel very badly “These questions are all too personal! Why
diagnostic testing that will confirm or deny about the family situation and offer your are you asking me all of this?” What would
a diagnosis of fetal neurological assistance. The father says, “What do you you do?
impairment. She says to the nurse, “It’s want? You can’t help us.”
taking so long to get the results, I’m sure What do you do or say next?
that there must be something wrong with
the baby.” The nurse replies, “Oh no, you
don’t need to worry. Everything will be just
fine!”
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