The following conversation takes place at the client’s bedside: Nurse: “Mr. T, I will be teaching you how to change your surgical dressing.” Client: “I would prefer that you wait until my wife gets here. She takes care of everything.” Nurse: “You shouldn’t depend on your wife. I’ll show you first and then you can teach your wife.” The nurse’s last statement is:
a. advising the client.
b. appropriate because it encourages self-care.
c. having the client reinforce what will be taught.
d. inappropriate because that nurse should have called the wife first.
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