A patient is being treated for a massive myocardial infarction. His wife has just arrived in the emergency department and grabs the nurse's arm demanding to know what is happening. Which initial nursing response is indicated?
1. "Your husband needs my full attention right now."
2. "Someone call security."
3. "Take your hands off me."
4. "Please go back to the waiting area."
Answer: 1
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