A Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Is Conducting a Program for a Group

A psychiatric-mental health nurse is conducting a program for a group of nurses working at a primary care center about obsessive-compulsive disorder. One of the nurses asks, "So how would we know if the person's routine is a compulsion?" Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?

A) "If the routine interferes with the person's normal activities, then it would be considered a compulsion."
B) "If the person can control the ritual at one time, but not at another time, then the ritual is a compulsion."
C) "If the ritual causes anxiety while the person is doing it, then it would be considered a compulsion."
D) "Any ritual or routine is a considered a compulsion if it takes up at least 30 minutes a day."