Psychosocial Integrity

NCLEX-RN

Psychosocial Integrity

Difficulty: Medium Average Score: 92% Simulated

The home health nurse visits a client with cancer undergoing anti-cancer treatment. The nurse asks how the client is coping, and the client cries and with an angry voice says, 'Nobody understands. I am hanging on, trying to take one day at a time, but it is all I can do to get up in the morning.' How does the nurse best respond?

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