A nurse is caring for a patient after a cervical neck injury and is placed in a halo brace with a body cast. The nurse determines that the appropriate nursing diagnosis is "body image disturbance." She executed several nursing actions to resolve the problem considering that the patient is hard to get along with at the beginning. What statement by the patient indicates that the problem has been resolved?
A) "I've been staying under 750 calories daily most of the time."
B) "I can't get to sleep. I make up for it in the morning by sleeping later."
C) "I just hate having everyone else do things for me."
D) "I've gotten used to the brace. I may never miss it when it's gone."
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