A patient who had a below-the-knee amputation 2 months ago is seen walking with a new limb prosthesis and returning to work. What does the nurse realize about this patient?
A) The patient has completed the work of mourning the loss of the leg.
B) The patient is having difficulty with grief.
C) The patient is in denial.
D) The patient is forgetting about the disease that caused the loss of the limb.
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