A 14-year-old patient newly admitted to the eating disorders unit refuses to eat meals and angrily shouts at the nurse,"You can't make me eat! I'll do whatever I want to do." Which nursing intervention demonstrates an understanding of the priority safety issue for this anorexic patient?

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The patient,especially when stressed,is capable of self-mutilation and needs to be protected from doing so.The issues of hydration,purging,and therapy work do not have the priority that physical safety has.

A 14-Year-Old Patient Newly Admitted to the Eating Disorders Unit