During a busy clinic day, a medical assistant is tasked with explaining postoperative care instructions to a patient. The patient appears distracted by the noise from the adjacent room where a child is crying loudly. What is the most appropriate action for the medical assistant to take to facilitate effective communication?
Offer to move the patient to a quieter place to continue discussing the care instructions.
Hand the patient a pamphlet on postoperative care without verbal explanation to avoid competing with the noise.
Ignore the noise and continue to give the instructions assuming the patient will ask for clarification if needed.
Increase the volume of speech to speak over the noise without addressing the source of distraction.