HowDoIRewordtheQuestion, "What are your current stressors"

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I have clinical tomorrow and I thought this would be a good intro to everything else that I would like to talk about. Yes, I already know what they are as I have reviewed the chart. But b/c I have never met him before I thought this would be a good place to start. So any ideas on how to reword that question? I just feel like I can't say, "What are your current stressors" or is that ok to say, is it too straightfoward and confronting or is it appropriate?

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

How about "Tell me about some of the problems you have in your life right now."

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Yeah i think youre going to have to explain to the patient what a stressor is ...honestly before nursing school, did you know what it meant?

think about what your focusing on ...what is his c/c? then ask open ended questions that will give you more data.

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