A nurse in a long-term care facility is taking patients to the dining room for lunch. She asks the patient who has been diagnosed with delirium if she is ready to go eat lunch. The patient does not respond. What should be the nurse's next action?
a. Take the patient by the arm and lead her to the dining room.
b. Assist the patient to bed and bring her lunch to her.
c. Tell the patient that she can go to the din-ing room whenever she gets hungry.
d. Ask the patient again if she is ready to go eat lunch.
D
A patient with delirium may have difficulty focusing or paying attention, and questions must of-ten be repeated several times.
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