During a conversation with a depressed client on a psychiatric unit, the client says to the nurse, “My family would be better off without me.” The nurse should make which therapeutic response to the...

During a conversation with a depressed client on a psychiatric unit, the client says to the nurse, “My family would be better off without me.” The nurse should make which therapeutic response to the client?

1. “Have you talked to your family about this?”

2. “Everyone feels this way when they are depressed.”

3. “You will feel better once your medication begins to work.”

4. “You sound very upset. Are you thinking of hurting yourself?”