When observing the terminally ill client and family interacting, the nurse hears the client's daughter say, "When you get better, we'll go shopping." This is an example of:
1. Closed awareness.
2. Open pretense.
3. Open awareness.
4. Mutual pretense.
4
Rationale: In closed awareness, the client and family are unaware of impending death.
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