The nurse notes that a client does not eat anything from the breakfast and lunch meal tray but asks for a snack after the patient's parish priest visits. What should the nurse comment to the client about this behavior?
a. "Skipping meals is not healthy."
b. "Explain why you didn't eat before your priest arrived."
c. "Is there a different food that you prefer to eat for breakfast and lunch?"
d. "Can you priest come and visit earlier in the day, so you don't skip meals?"
b. "Explain why you didn't eat before your priest arrived."
The nurse needs to assess the client's cultural patterns to understand why the client would not eat before the parish priest arrived. Skipping meals may not be healthy but it does not help understand why the meals were skipped in the first place. The client is not skipping meals because of food preferences. The client may have no control over the time the priest can visit.
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