A nurse plans ways to promote patient safety and security. A proactive approach would include
a. restricting psychotic patients' rights.
b. enforcing consequences of limit-setting.
c. setting limits when a patient acts out aggressively.
d. clearly communicating expectations for patients' behavior.
D
Proactive is the key word in this question. Communicating clear rules for expected behavior from the beginning reinforces norms and structure, and encourages self-responsibility. The other options are reactive.
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