The patient in isolation may experience psychological or emotional deprivation. To help minimize these feelings, the nurse should:
a. be cheerful.
b. spend extra time with the patient.
c. protect the patient from additional infection.
d. answer the call light quickly.
B
To minimize feelings of psychological or emotional deprivation, the nurse should spend extra time with the patient.
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