An older adult client is dying and tells the nurse of hoping to live to see his daughter receive her promotion to full professor. The nurse understands the client's frame of mind
Based on this information, what information should the nurse put on in sign-off report about which stage of dying is the client going through? A) Denial
B) Anger
C) Bargaining
D) Depression
C
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The client is going through the bargaining stage of dying, because the client is trying to make a deal in the hope of postponing death. The client is not undergoing depression, because the client is not concentrating on past losses. The client is not in the denial stage of dying, because the client is not ignoring reality. The client is not denying the diagnosis of terminal illness and, thus, is not going through a denial stage.
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