A Patient with Diabetes Mellitus Has Just Undergone a Right

A patient with diabetes mellitus has just undergone a right, below-the-knee amputation following gangrene infection. A few days post-op, the patient confides in the nurse that he still feels his right foot. Knowing the pathophysiologic principles behind this, the nurse can

A) administer a psychotropic medication to help the patient cope with the loss of his leg.
B) explain that many amputees have this sensation and that one theory surmises that the end of a regenerating nerve becomes trapped in the scar tissue of the amputation site.
C) call the physician and ask him for an order for a psychological consult.
D) educate the patient that this area has an usually abnormal increase in sensitivity to sensation but that it will go away with time.