After Fasting from 10 P

question 7

Multiple Choice

After fasting from 10 p.m. the previous evening, a patient learns that the procedure has been cancelled. The patient curses at the nurse and accuses the nurse of being incompetent. The nurse's best response would be

• A) "You have no right to say that to me. You are nasty."
• B) "I can understand that you're upset, but I feel uncomfortable when I am cursed at."
• C) "Perhaps we shouldn't get so angry when things don't work out the way we think they should."
• D) to leave the room and refuse to return to answer the call light when the patient calls.

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