A health care provider asks the nurse who is caring for a client with a new colostomy to ask the hospital's stoma nurse to visit the client and assist the client with care of the colostomy. The nurse initiates the consultation, understanding that the stoma nurse will be able to influence the client because of his:
A. Expert power
B. Reward power
C. Referent power
D. Coercive power
Answer: A. Expert power
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