A nurse is completing an admission with parents of an adoles…
A nurse is completing an admission with parents of an adolescent patient with a long history of anorexia nervosa, restricting type. The father tells the nurse to give his child a lot of food quickly “to fatten her up fast and get her out of this place.” The patient agrees and reports that she just wants to get healthy and go home and back to school. Which of the following responses by the nurse would be best?