Q. 32 year old woman who is admitted into acute care psychiatric ward with a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia refuses to take food saying that the food is poisoned. the appropriate nursing intervention for this client is to

(a) Reassure the patient by testing the food before patient
(b) Assure the patient that the food is safe to take
(c) Allow the patient to take packed /canned foods
(d) Warn Depression to the consequences if she refuses to take food