The nurse is attempting to prompt the patient to elaborate on her complaints of daytime fatigue.Which question should the nurse ask?

A) "Is there anything that you are stressed about right now?"
B) "What reasons do you think are contributing to your fatigue?"
C) "What are your normal work hours?"
D) "Are you sleeping 8 hours a night?"

The question about what factors might be contributing to the patient's fatigue will elicit the best open-ended response.Asking whether the patient is stressed and asking whether the patient is sleeping 8 hours a night are closed-ended questions,eliciting simple yes or no responses.Asking about normal work hours will elicit a matter-of-fact response and does not prompt the patient to elaborate on her complaints of daytime fatigue nor elicit the contributing reasons.