The family of a dying patient has been sitting at his bedside for hours, watching over the decreasing respirations. No one is speaking. What should the nurse say to the patient's son?
A) Encourage him to try to feed his father.
B) Encourage him to count the respirations to pass the time.
C) Encourage him to go home because this might be a long process.
D) Encourage him to talk to the patient because hearing is the last sense to go.
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