A Patient Is Attracted to the Nurse and Attempts to Initiate

Multiple Choice

A patient is attracted to the nurse and attempts to initiate a social relationship.It is most appropriate for the nurse to take which action?

A) Encourage the client's behavior to develop a trusting nurse-client relationship.
B) Inform the charge nurse of the situation and ask for a different patient assignment.
C) Tell the patient that the relationship must remain professional at all times.
D) Determine if the patient can be transferred to another nursing care unit.