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bobthebuilder

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on: Jul 19, 2018
A client is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Which situation would the nurse assess as reflecting Kbler-Ross's grief stage of anger?
 
  A. The client registers for an iron-man marathon to be held in 9 months.
  B. The client is a devoted Catholic but refuses to attend church and states that his faith has failed him.
  C. The client promises God to give up smoking if allowed to live long enough to witness a grandchild's birth.
  D. The client gathers family in order to plan a funeral and make last wishes known.

Question 2

A client diagnosed with borderline personality disorder tells the nurse that she frequently spaces out. An appropriate response by the nurse is to say:
 
  A) Do you feel stressed most of the time?
  B) Does this frighten you when it happens?
  C) What's happening around you when this occurs?
  D) Do you feel as if you are out of your body?


kristenb95

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B
The nurse should assess that the client is in the anger stage of grieving when the client refuses to attend church and states that his faith has failed him. Anger is the second stage of Kbler-Ross's grief process, in which the reality of the situation is realized and the individual has feelings of sadness, guilt, shame, helplessness, and hopelessness.

Answer to Question 2

A


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