You are conducting a verbal interview with a patient who is not very forthcoming with information. If you fail to continue to try to motivate the patient to talk, what would be the most undesirable outcome?
A) The patient will not pay the ambulance bill when it arrives
B) The hospital emergency department will likely be mad at the EMS providers for failing to gather necessary information
C) The family will assume you are not truly interested in helping the patient
D) You may not gain valuable information that could impact your patient care decisions
D) You may not gain valuable information that could impact your patient care decisions
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