The Nurse Identifies the Nursing Diagnosis of Impaired Verbal Communication

The nurse identifies the nursing diagnosis of impaired verbal communication for a patient with expressive aphasia. An appropriate nursing intervention to help the patient communicate is to

A) have the patient practice facial and tongue exercises.
B) ask simple questions that the patient can solve with "yes" or "no."
C) develop a list of words that the patient can read and practice reciting.
D) prevent embarrassing the patient by changing the subject if the patient does not respond.