The spouse of a patient who is hospitalized in the critical care unit following resuscitation for a sudden cardiac arrest at work demands to meet with the nursing manager.The spouse demands,"I want you to reassign us to another nurse.His current nurse is not in the room enough to make sure everything is okay." The nurse recognizes that this response most likely is due to the spouse's
A) desire to pursue a lawsuit if the assignment is not changed.
B) inability to participate in the husband's care.
C) lack of prior experience in a critical care setting.
D) sense of loss of control of the situation.
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