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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