While the Night Nurse Is Giving a Morning Report on a Patient

While the night nurse is giving a morning report on a patient who has been admitted with an opiate overdose,one nurse says,"I don't know why we should waste our efforts on her.This is her third admission,and she'll be back on the needle as soon as we save her life." What is the most appropriate response by the night nurse to this remark?

A) "That's a totally unprofessional attitude,and you should be ashamed of yourself."
B) "You know the patient always comes first,even though we feel that way about her."
C) "You probably shouldn't care for this patient since you have such negative feelings about her."
D) "It is important for us to recognize and deal with the feelings we have about caring for difficult patients like this woman."