A Cognitively Impaired Patient Has Been a Widow for 30

A cognitively impaired patient has been a widow for 30 years.This patient is frantically trying to leave the unit,saying,"I have to go home to cook dinner before my husband arrives from work." To intervene with validation therapy,the nurse should say:

A) "You must come away from the door."
B) "You have been a widow for many years."
C) "You want to go home to prepare your husband's dinner?"
D) "Was your husband angry if you did not have dinner ready on time?"

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