I.M. King adds that a nurse should attempt to avoid during the interview process "the use of technical language, stereotyping and interrupting the patient when he/she is trying to answer the nurse's questions" to the best of their ability (1981, 256). Some of the questions which a nurse might ask a patient during the interview process includes finding out if the illness was sudden or developed gradually, the duration of the illness, the physical site of the illness, how it might be aggravated, associated symptoms, such as pain or discomfort in another part of the body, and the frequency of the illness. According to A. Crumbie, these and other pertinent questions must be "carefully thought-out beforehand and after the initial interview, the nurse should recap his/her questions for accuracy and specificity" (2006, 216).

In conclusion, the authors of this article maintain even an experienced nurse should be required to achieve high-level interviewing skills "through a...

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