A nurse is cleaning a patient with fecal incontinence when the patient says, "This is so embar-rassing, and it makes me really angry." What is the nurse's best response?
a. "Don't worry about it; it's my job to clean you up."
b. "If you would have called me sooner, this wouldn't have happened."
c. "Do you feel angry and embarrassed?"
d. "Would you rather let your family clean you up?"
C
The nurse should use therapeutic communications of reflection to validate the patient's feelings.
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