Question 23 - Psychosocial Integrity Practice Test for the NCLEX-RN Exam

A 23-year-old client is seen in the emergency room for concerns of a simple cyst. Upon further imaging and testing, the client’s cyst was determined to be a malignant tumor. The client tells the nurse, “Those doctors just need to remove this cyst and let me on my way! I didn’t come here to get cancer!” The nurse understands the client is going through which grief reaction?