While making rounds in a senior citizens' housing complex, a visiting nurse discovers a client sobbing in a darkened apartment. The nurse learns that the client's pet cat of 15 years had been put to sleep the day before. Which response by the nurse would be best?
1) I'm so sorry that your pet had to be put to sleep. It sounds like your cat was important to you.
2) It's probably best for the cat because it was so old and ill.
3) It shouldn't be hard to find another cat. You'll feel better when you have another pet.
4) It was only a cat. Why are you allowing yourself to be so upset? It would be different if it were a person.
