A Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with Cancer Who

Multiple Choice

A nurse is caring for a patient with cancer who describes using meditation, guided imagery, and mega intravenous doses of vitamin C as part of her treatment. Which of the following nursing actions would take into consideration the patient's ability for self-determination?  

A) Honour the patient's right to use therapies other than conventional medicine to address their health care needs. 
B) Tell the patient that she  should stop these therapies because the research does not support them. 
C) Inform the patient that she has  a right to do what she  wants, but that it is unwise to mix different modalities of therapy. 
D) Encourage the patient to share the alternative therapies with other patients to see if they might help them as well.