
While the nurse is helping the dialysis patient dress to go to her dialysis treatment,the patient bursts into tears and says,"I can't go! I can't stand another day in that awful place.I will die if I have to go!" The nurse's best intervention would be to:
A) stop the dressing process, sit down, and calmly ask, "Let's talk about how you are feeling."
B) continue to dress the patient and say, "You'll feel better after you have had your dialysis treatment."
C) stop the dressing process and ask, "Are you aware that you can get sicker if you don't go?"
D) continue dressing the patient and say, "We'll have to hurry if you are to eat breakfast before you go."
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