How can a nurse best enhance a spiritual leader's visit to a long-term care facility?
a. Take the resident's roommate to the dayroom.
b. Pull the curtain for privacy.
c. Close the door to the room.
d. Give notice to the CNAs of the presence of the spiritual leader.
ANS: A
Although all the options increase privacy, the best intervention is to have the roommate go somewhere else.
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