Expresses fear and anxiety with the prognosis

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A client with a new diagnosis of leukemia is about to start treatment and expresses fear and anxiety with the prognosis. Which action is the nurse's most appropriate? Communicate to the health care provider the need to provide more information to the client and family. Assess how much information is desired from the client in terms of illness, treatment, and complications. Offer to call pastoral services and review hospice and/or palliative care so the client can have a quiet, dignified death. Encourage the client to call their family and discuss immediate role restructuring in both their family and professional life.

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