A newly admitted patient tells the nurse, "The voices are bothering me." The nurse should first:
A) ignore the patient's reference to voices.
B) distract the patient from the hallucinations.
C) tell the patient that the voices do not exist.
D) seek a description of the voices and identify themes.
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