A nurse is caring for a patient with a terminal illness. The patient is focusing on relief of pain. The nurse recognizes this as:
A. hope.
B. grief.
C. faith.
D. reality.
A
Grief is the emotional response to a loss. Faith is confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing. Reality is a perception, meaning, or behavior that people regard as an absolute.
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