Posted: July 25th, 2017

An adolescent client with anorexia nervosa refuses to eat, stating, “I’ll get too fat.” Nurse Andrea can best respond to this behavior initially by:

An adolescent client with anorexia nervosa refuses to eat, stating, “I’ll get too fat.” Nurse Andrea can best respond to this behavior initially by:

A. Not talking about the fact that the client is not eating
B. Stopping all of the client’s privileges until food is eaten
C. Telling the client that tube feeding will eventually be necessary
D. Pointing out to the client that death can occur with malnutrition.