The Patient Is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU),which Has

question 11

Multiple Choice

The patient is in the intensive care unit (ICU) ,which has strict posted visiting hours and limits the number of visitors to two per patient at any one time.The patient is asking to see his wife and two daughters.The nurse should

• A) Tell the patient that they will be allowed to visit at the appropriate time.
• B) Allow the wife and one daughter to enter the ICU, but not the other daughter.
• C) Allow the two daughters to visit, and let the wife visit when they leave.
• D) Allow the wife and daughters to visit at the patient's request.

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