What should the nurse instruct a caregiver to do to assist a cognitively impaired older patient to self-feed?
1. Offer the patient a variety of favorite foods.
2. Provide diversional stimuli, such as a television show, so the patient can eat without thinking about it.
3. Serve each food separately with the proper utensil and cue the patient to use the utensil to eat that particular food.
4. Place the food types in the same arrangement on the plate and relate the location to the face of a clock to assist the patient in locating the food on the plate.
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Rationale: Offering the patient many choices may add to the patient's confusion.
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