Posted: February 19th, 2018

Terminal Cancer : 3 Shocking Ways that the Client May React

A client has recently been told he has terminal cancer.

As the nurse enters the room, he yells, “My eggs are cold, and I’m tired of having my sleep interrupted by noisy nurses!” The nurse may interpret the client’s behavior as:

A. An expression of the anger stage of dying
B. An expression of disenfranchised grief
C. The result of maturational loss
D. The result of previous losses