A resident spends hours each day looking for "something" but never seems to find it. In order to help manage the resident's need to rummage, the nursing assistant:
A) spends time with the resident each day looking for the "something" the resident has lost.
B) encourages the resident to rummage in the dresser drawer where their small personal objects are kept.
C) reinforces for the resident daily that there is nothing lost and that all their belongings are accounted for.
D) asks the resident to describe what is lost and then looks for the object while the resident is distracted.
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