Author Question: A client receives a terminal illness diagnosis. The client tells the nurse, This has been hard, but ... (Read 85 times)

berenicecastro · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A client receives a terminal illness diagnosis. The client tells the nurse, This has been hard, but I've learned to work through it pretty well. What stage of grief should the nurse identify when caring for this client?

A) Denial
B) Anger
C) Bargaining
D) Depression
E) Acceptance

Question 2

When a partial-hospitalization patient is assessed as possibly having suicidal ideations, the treatment plan will focus on:

a. stabilization.
b. institutionalizatio n.
c. symptom remission.
d. diagnostic evaluation.

livaneabi · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

E

Answer to Question 2

A
Stabilization is sought and then treatment continues in the community. Diagnostic evaluation already would have been performed, and institutionalizatio n (an unwanted passive dependency that develops with long hospital stays) is not an appropriate outcome.