- Confront the patient about their discriminatory remarks immediately.
- Document the behavior and continue to provide professional, non-judgmental care.
- Refuse to provide care to the patient due to personal offense.
- Request a different nurse be assigned to the patient.
A nurse is providing care to a patient who repeatedly expresses racist and discriminatory remarks towards staff members and other patients. The nurse finds these remarks personally offensive but understands the patient’s cognitive impairment may be contributing to the behavior. How should the nurse ethically respond to this situation?
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