While caring for a patient near end of life, a student talks to her. Another student asks why she is talking to someone who is dying. Which response would be accurate?
A) "It makes me feel better to talk to my patients."
B) "I do this so I won't be so afraid the patient will die."
C) "I believe the patient can hear me as long as she is alive."
D) "I don't know; the nurse in charge of the patient told me to."
C
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