Question

A nurse is assessing the needs of a client who just learned that a tumor is malignant and has metastasized to several organs and that the illness is terminal. what behavior does the nurse expect the client to exhibit during the initial stage of grieving?

Answer 1

I think the nurse can expect the client to break down in tears at such terrible news and to wonder why it has to be them and also to wonder why it wasn't caught sooner before it metastasized to other organs so for sure the patient would be very distraught and weakened by such bad news.