Multiple Choice
When a patient becomes violent and hits a table with his cane, the initial appropriate nursing approach is to:
A) medicate the patient to help control his anxiety.
B) call for assistance to apply restraints.
C) attempt to distract the patient.
D) direct the patient in a loud authoritarian voice to sit down.
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