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The nurse is working with a woman who is undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. The patient states, First, the cancer seemed unreal. Now I feel like I can cope. The best response of the nurse would be Women with breast cancer often:
 
  1. Go through several stages of adjustment.
  2. Cope better than their partners cope.
  3. Seek multiple opinions before starting treatment.
  4. Become angry after treatment begins.
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Rationale 1: Psychological adjustment to breast cancer involves four stages: shock, reaction, recovery, and reorientation. The patient's statement indicates shock followed by reaction.
Rationale 2: Partners are often the primary support person during treatment, but might also have difficulty adapting to the diagnosis.
Rationale 3: Some patients seek multiple opinions, some do not.
Rationale 4: Anger is not a stage of adjustment.
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