A patient who has been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer and has a poor prognosis plans a trip across the country "to settle some issues with sisters and brothers." The nurse recognizes that the patient is manifesting which psychosocial response to death?

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The patient's statement indicates that there is some unfinished family business that the patient would like to address before dying.Restlessness is frequently a behavior associated with an inability to express emotional or physical distress,but this patient does not express distress and is able to communicate clearly.There is no indication that the patient is protesting the prognosis,or that there is any fear that the patient's life has been meaningless.

A Patient Who Has Been Diagnosed with Inoperable Lung Cancer