Your 70-year-old client suffers from severe, escalating pain secondary to metastatic prostate cancer. He has been referred to hospice for palliative care
He believes that the pain will never go away because it is punishment from God for the bad things he has done. Which of the following nursing diagnoses would be appropriate?
1. Ineffective coping
2. Hopelessness
3. Acute pain
4. Chronic pain
ANS: 2
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