The nurse is caring for a client who has just received a diagnosis of advanced oral cancer that will require extensive surgery. Which statement by the client indicates that the diagnosis is accepted?
a. "The biopsy test results will be confirmed again next week."
b. "Of all the bad things to happen to me, now I have cancer on top of it all."
c. "If I can live long enough to see my son get married, everything will be alright."
d. "I don't like it, but I have cancer and that's the way it is."
D
The client has accepted the diagnosis. He is not happy about it but has acknowledged the reality of the situation. The other responses indicate denial, anger, or bargaining responses to the diag-nosis.
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