A patient, age 58, has bronchogenic cancer and is hospitalized for chemotherapy. Administration of doxorubicin (a vesicant, antitumor, antibiotic) in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents is planned for her. Her husband rarely visits while she is in the hospital. She tells the nurse that she thinks her husband does not care for her anymore since she has become ill. On one occasion when the patient's husband was present, he told the nurse he just could not stand to see his wife so ill and did not know what to say to her. The nurse identifies which nursing diagnosis in this situation?

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The patient who has effective support systems tends to cope more effectively than the patient who does not have a meaningful, available support system.

A Patient, Age 58, Has Bronchogenic Cancer and Is Hospitalized