A client has to undergo a surgery and will be hospitalized for more than a week. The
client seems reluctant to eat hospital food. What is the nurse's role in such a condition?
A) Ask her family members to help in feeding hospital food.
B) Try to alternate the client's hospital food with home food.
C) Obtain permission to let client's family get food from home.
D) Try to convince the client that hospital food is good for health.
C
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