A Severely Withdrawn Patient Diagnosed with Schizophrenia Will Spend Time

A severely withdrawn patient diagnosed with schizophrenia will spend time in the dayroom but will not speak to staff or other patients.The most therapeutic nursing intervention in response to this behavior would be to:

A) seat the patient with a group of patients who are talking to each other.
B) ignore the silence and talk about superficial topics such as the weather.
C) point out that the patient makes others uncomfortable by refusing to speak.
D) plan time for staff members to sit with the patient even though the patient does not talk with them.