[Expert Solution]: The nurse practitioner has been seeing a…

The nurse practitioner has been seeing a 42-year-old patient with dependent personality disorder weekly for the past 2 years. The patient is making little progress in treatment, calls the office daily asking for advice and guidance, and often arrives at their scheduled appointments an hour early, attempting to engage with the front desk staff. This situation has been disruptive to the front office staff members, and they have asked the nurse practitioner to address these concerns.The nurse practitioner has asked the patient not to arrive early and to limit calls, but the patient continues to engage in these behaviors. Which of the following behaviors by the nurse practitioner would be problematic?Asking the desk staff to tell the patient to leave the waiting room until their scheduled appointment timeBCalling the patient at the end of the clinical day to discuss the patient’s problematic behaviorsCanceling the patient’s next scheduled appointment with no extenuating circumstances to necessitate this outcomeDDiscussing the behaviors with the patient in a direct manner at the next scheduled appointment