Which question is the most appropriate for the nurse to use to start the health history assessment?

A) "Does your family doctor know that you are here?"
B) "Did you drive yourself to the hospital?"
C) "What brings you to the hospital today?"
D) "Did you give your insurance card to the receptionist?"

Providers should use open-ended questions/comments to begin the health history assessment.The use of open-ended questions/comments prompts patients to describe a situation in more than one or two words.This technique leads to a discussion in which patients actively describe their health status.Once patients tell their story,focus on the symptoms that the patient identifies and ask closed-ended questions that limit his or her answers to one or two words such as "yes" or "no" or a number or frequency of a symptom.The questions that start with "Do" and "Did" are closed-ended."Let us help you" will not get the patient's perspective.