A nursing intervention that helps build trust, encourages the patient to have faith in the care being received, and meets psychosocial needs is
a. developing a care plan.
b. implementing nurse orders.
c. patient education.
d. meeting patient goals.
C
One of the steps to meet the psychosocial needs of the patient is patient education.
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