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The Patient with Delirium Repeatedly Cries Out for Her Husband

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The patient with delirium repeatedly cries out for her husband.The first intervention by the nurse would be to:


A) Administer Haldol as ordered.
B) Apply restraints so that the patient will not harm herself.
C) Calmly tell the patient that she is in the hospital and that her husband is not there.
D) Call the husband, and tell him that he needs to come and stay with his wife.

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