You Are a Nurse in the Hospital Setting Caring for an Older

Multiple Choice

You are a nurse in the hospital setting caring for an older patient, Sylvia, with brain cancer. Sylvia's cancer has metastasized throughout her body, and her oncologist recently informed her and her family that her condition is terminal. You notice, though, that in their interactions and communication, Sylvia and her family do not openly acknowledge or discuss the diagnosis, but rather talk about the weather or the lives of other family members. Which of Glaser and Strauss' awareness contexts is this family currently in?

A) Closed awareness context
B) Suspected awareness context
C) Mutual pretense context
D) Open awareness context