During a therapy session, a preadolescent patient asks to leave the session. How should the nurse respond to the patient to understand why the patient wants to leave?
1. "Is there somewhere you want to go?"
2. "I guess you're upset about something."
3. "What happened to make you feel the need to leave?"
4. "Why don't you just sit down for a minute so we can talk some more?"
3. "What happened to make you feel the need to leave?"
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