The nurse is caring for a patient who has been given 6 months to live after being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer of the lung. Evidence that the patient is in the bargaining stage of death and dying is demonstrated by which of the following statements?

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Kübler-Ross refers to the bargaining stage as the "Yes, me, but I need just a little more time." Bargaining is not a futile exercise. Sometimes the extra energy a person gets by focusing on living long enough to attend a graduation, a birth, or a wedding is meaningful to all involved in making it happen. By supporting hope, and avoiding challenges to the patient's reality, the nurse facilitates the process of living while dying. "Why me?" represents the anger stage. "Let me." represents the acceptance stage. "No not me" is the denial stage of death and dying

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