A patient with a chronic illness is not currently experiencing any symptoms and plans to stop following the identified course of care because the disease is cured. How should the nurse respond to this patient?
A) "The treatment plan is the reason you are not experiencing symptoms, so it would be best if you did not stop the plan."
B) "That does sound like a good idea."
C) "You can always resume the plan if the symptoms return."
D) "Plan to wean yourself off the treatment plan and not discontinue it all at once."
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