Multiple Choice
The nurse is caring for a patient with chronic lung disease. The patient demands a cigarette after eating breakfast. The nurse responds, "If that was me, I wouldn't be asking for a cigarette. That is what has made you so sick in the first place." This nontherapeutic communication response is an example of:
A) changing the subject.
B) giving advice.
C) a stereotypical response.
D) defensiveness.
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