A Patient Who Has Been Diagnosed with Inoperable Lung Cancer

question 15

Multiple Choice

A patient who has been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer and has a poor prognosis plans a trip across the country "to settle some issues with sisters and brothers." The nurse recognizes that the patient is manifesting which psychosocial response to death?

• A) Restlessness
• B) Yearning and protest
• C) Anxiety about unfinished business
• D) Fear of the meaninglessness of one's life

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Definitions:

Efficient Amount

The quantity of a good or service that achieves the optimal balance between benefits and costs, maximizing societal welfare.

Marginal Social Cost

The additional cost imposed on society as a whole by producing one more unit of a good or service.

External Costs

External costs are expenses that are not borne by the individuals or organizations responsible but rather by society as a whole, often involving negative environmental impacts.

Efficient Level

The point at which a system operates at maximum capacity without waste, producing optimal output with the lowest input.