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Learning to question adolescents in a non-threatening, non-judgemental way is a skill nurses need to develop, says family nurse practitioner from Seattle, the United States, Sharon Myoji Schnare.
"It's no good telling teenagers what you think they should be doing. 'Should' is a pejorative word and it leads to feelings of resistance. We need to learn to ask open-ended questions like, 'What would you like from me?' 'Is there something I can do to make you feel a little bit better?' 'How do you feel about...