A Patient Who Has Been Diagnosed with Inoperable Lung Cancer

question 14

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 family members." The nurse recognizes that the patient is manifesting which psychosocial response to death?

• A)Protesting the unfairness of death
• B)Anxiety about unfinished business
• C)Fear of having lived a meaningless life
• D)Restlessness about the uncertainty of prognosis

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