A Client Has Been Hospitalized with an Opportunistic Infection Secondary

A client has been hospitalized with an opportunistic infection secondary to acquired immune deficiency syndrome.The client's partner is listed as the emergency contact,but the client's mother insists that she should be listed instead.What action by the nurse is best?

A) Contact the social worker to assist the client with advance directives.
B) Ignore the mother; the client does not want her to be involved.
C) Let the client know, gently, that nurses cannot be involved in these disputes.
D) Tell the client that, legally, the mother is the emergency contact.