The hospice nurse is visiting the elderly wife of a patient 4 weeks after the patient died. Which of the following comments by the wife concerns the hospice nurse the most?
A) "I haven't started cleaning out my husband's closet yet."
B) "It is so hard to think that I won't see my husband again."
C) "Sometimes I just sit and cry."
D) "Eating alone is so lonely. I just lose my appetite when I think about it."
Ans: D
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