The Nurse Is Assessing a New Client Who Was Admitted

The nurse is assessing a new client who was admitted after a serious assault. Which is the best response from the nurse when the client questions why the healthcare provider has indicated the assault is most likely gender-based violence?

A) "Gender-based violence is a homicide of a female that occurs in the context of intimate partner violence."
B) "Gender-based violence is violence that targets people or groups of people on the basis of their gender."
C) "Gender-based violence is a pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors perpetrated against an individual by one who is, was, or wishes to be in an intimate relationship with the victim."
D) "Gender-based violence is a type of violence typically committed by one gender but not the other."