A client approaches a nurse at the nurses’ station and states he is going outside to smoke. The nurse reminds the client that the hospital has a strict no-smoking policy on campus, including outside. The client becomes verbally abusive. Which is the priority nursing response?
Call the primary healthcare provider to prescribe a nicotine patch.
Tell the client he is being inappropriate and that he should lower his voice.
Calmly walk the client back to his room.
Tell him if he insists, he must go off hospital grounds or he may incur a fine.
Be sure to consider describing words like first, priority, next, before, and after in questions. They indicate that there is one particular correct answer, even if the other answer choices may be related to the question.
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