One nursing strategy to use when striving to make persons comfortable in the hospital setting in relation to their dietary habits is:
a. assure them that the hospital food is nutritious
b. insist that they eat at least 80% of all meals
c. provide nutritious snacks
d. provide foods that are culturally familiar
D
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