A nurse is teaching a client and spouse about insulin administration. The spouse becomes quite upset, saying "Why are we having to use insulin at home? The diagnosis is pancreatitis! How did you make him a diabetic?" The best response by the nurse is
A) "I see you are upset. Let me answer your questions before we talk about insulin."
B) "I'm sorry you're upset. But you both need to understand how to use insulin."
C) "When so much endocrine tissue is damaged, the client becomes diabetic."
D) "Would you like the diabetic educator to come talk with you both?"

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The client who loses a great deal of endocrine pancreatic tissue, either through scarring from chronic pancreatitis or from surgical resection, will develop diabetes and will need insulin administration for the rest of the client's life. However, the spouse is too upset to be able to learn, and attending to the psychosocial needs takes precedence before teaching can be done.

A Nurse Is Teaching a Client and Spouse About Insulin