When You Are Administering Medications to a Patient with Human

question 18

Multiple Choice

When you are administering medications to a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) , the patient states, "I should just stop taking them and get it over with." A therapeutic response by the nurse would be

• A) "You have to take these! If you stop you will get very sick."
• B) "You're just feeling depressed right now. You'll feel better later."
• C) "Tell me more about what you're feeling."
• D) "You have the right to refuse treatment."

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