A patient diagnosed with anorexia nervosa spills milk over a plate of partially eaten food. Select the nurse's best response.

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Patients with anorexia nervosa often use strategies to hide food, spill food, or discard it to avoid eating. The nurse can best handle these behaviors with nonjudgmental confrontation and adherence to established limits. Only the correct answer is a nonjudgmental response. The other options are judgmental or punitive.

A Patient Diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa Spills Milk Over a Plate