While making a family health visit, an older relative who is visiting has been drinking and becomes verbally abusive and increasingly loud. Which action by the community health nurse would be best?
A) Continue the visit with caution
B) Suggest the relative go in another room and take a nap
C) Ask the sober family members to take the visitor home
D) Terminate the visit, making plans for another visit
Ans: D
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