While a nurse bathes a patient, he says, "Why are you giving me a bath? I'm going to die no matter what." What should be the nurse's most appropriate response?
a. "A bath will make you feel better."
b. "Would you like to talk about how you are feeling?"
c. "Don't you want your bath today?"
d. "I can give you some medicine to make you feel better."
B
Anger is a common and normal response to grief. Therapeutic communication should focus on the patient's feelings.
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