A patient angrily tells the nurse that he has been waiting over an hour for pain medication. When applying critical thinking, with which of the following should the nurse respond to this patient?
A) "I understand your anger and am sorry for the delay.I have your pain medication now."
B) "I had other patients who needed my attention first so I did a few things before getting the pain medication."
C) "I needed to find out what your medication is and if you can have more when you asked."
D) "It seems that you always ask for pain medication when I am trying to do other things."
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