In performing a psychosocial assessment, the nurse begins by asking questions that encourage the client to describe problematic behaviors and situations. The next step is to elicit the client’s:
Questions should be asked in a precise order (specifically, from the most-simple description to the moredifficult
disclosure of feelings). When the problems have been described, eliciting the client’s thoughts about the
dilemmas provides further assessment data as well as the client’s interpretation of what has happened. Feelings,
solutions and articulating intent are more complex processes.Psychosocial Integrity
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