When evaluating care of dying patients, the nurse recognizes that interventions have been unsuccessful if the patient demonstrating what behavior?

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The patient's statement concerning a cure is behavior that suggests failure to past through the denial stage of grief thus demonstrating an inability to move to the acceptance stage of the process. All other options show an acceptance of the terminal nature of the illness and thus demonstrates a successful acceptance of the impending death.

When Evaluating Care of Dying Patients, the Nurse Recognizes That