The nurse is caring for a client who recently found out he has a terminal illness. The nurse notes that the client is hostile an
d yelling. Which statement by the nurse shows that she has understanding of the Kübler–Ross emotional responses to impending death?a) The process is the same from person to person.b) Sometimes a person returns to a previous stage.c) The duration of all stages is a few hours.e) Each stage of dying must be completed prior to moving the next stage.
Sometimes a person returns to a previous stage due to the fact that the stage of dying may overlap because the duration and timing of any stage may often range from as little as a few hours to as long as months or even years because the process varies from person to person which make it impossible to predict it or to even say what happen to someone is the same thing that will eventually happen to another because the process often varies form one person to another.
