A Client with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Has Been Cleaning a Bathroom

A client with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has been cleaning a bathroom for most of the morning.  When the roommate demands that the client leave the bathroom so that the roommate can shower, the client becomes angry and says, "You can't make me leave, everything is still dirty."  What is the best nursing action?

A) Engage other staff members to remove the client from the bathroom
B) Give a reminder that the client has been cleaning the bathroom for 1½ hours and it is time to take a break
C) Tell the client that the bathroom is very clean and that this behavior is unreasonable
D) Tell the roommate to use the shower in another room

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