A Patient Diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia Is Describing Religiously-Based Delusions

A patient diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia is describing religiously-based delusions that other patients find offensive.Which nursing intervention will the nurse implement to provide a therapeutic milieu?

A) Engaging the delusional patient in prayer in order to redirect the problematic behavior
B) Explaining to the delusional patient that such talk is offensive to some of the milieu and will not be allowed
C) Asking for the pastoral counselor to visit the unit and talk with both the delusional patient as well as the rest of the milieu
D) Removing the delusional patient from the milieu when staff is unable to successfully refocus the conversation to a non-religious topic