A Family Member of a Patient Who Is Being Admitted

Multiple Choice

A family member of a patient who is being admitted with nausea tells the nurse that the patient was diagnosed 2 months ago with pancreatic cancer but has not kept appointments with the doctor and has continued daily activities unchanged from before the diagnosis. When assessing the patient, the nurse will expect that the patient

A) will be very angry about the cancer diagnosis.
B) will not mention anything about pancreatic cancer.
C) may express despair about the cancer diagnosis.
D) may ask about options for treatment of the cancer.