A client is hyperactive and not sleeping.

(A) The client is not able to sit for long periods. Forcing her to remain at the table will increase her anxiety and cause her to become hostile. (B) This action will not ensure that the client eats what is ordered. Dietary orders are not within the nurse’s scope of practice. (C) Providing finger foods increases the likelihood of eating for hyperactive persons. They may be eating “on the run.” (D) These clients are not suspicious of the food or insecure in moving about the unit alone.