During community lunch, a manic patient tells another patient, "Push yourself away from the table.You're too fat for your own good!" Which intervention demonstrates the nurse's best ability to manage the milieu?
A) Say to the patient, "You may remain at lunch only if you apologize."
B) Tell the patient, "You must leave lunch and go to your room now."
C) Calmly tell the patient that insulting others is not permitted.
D) Extinguish the behavior by ignoring it.
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