A client with a history of violence begins to lose control of his anger, and a nurse decides that an intervention is warranted. The client cannot be "talked down," and he refuses medication. Which is the most appropriate nursing intervention?
A) Call for assistance from the assault team.
B) Ask the ward clerk to put in a call for the physician.
C) Make the client go to his room.
D) Tell the client that if he does not calm down, he will be placed in restraints.
A
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