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The nurse is caring for a male patient newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus. The patient is not adjusting well to the diagnosis and is refusing to learn how to self-inject insulin.
 
  The patient's wife is critical of the patient's refusal to learn; a small argument ensues, and the wife leaves, stating, I'll be back later when I cool off. What should the nurse do?
  a. Ask the patient if he would like his wife excluded at visiting time.
  b. Tell the wife in the hall that her behavior is unacceptable and cannot be tolerated.
  c. Realize that the wife will be an important part of therapy.
  d. Tell the patient that he needs to listen to his wife more.
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