On the night before a 58-year-old wife and mother is to have a lobectomy for lung cancer, she remarks to the nurse, “I am so scared of this cancer. I should have quit smoking years ago. Now I've...

On the night before a 58-year-old wife and mother is to have a lobectomy for lung cancer, she remarks to the nurse, “I am so scared of this cancer. I should have quit smoking years ago. Now I've brought all this fear and sadness on myself and now my family.” The nurse should tell the client:

1. “It's normal to be scared. I would be, too. We'll help you through it.”

2. “Do you feel guilty because you smoked?”

3. “Don't be so hard on yourself. You don't know if your smoking caused the cancer.”

4. “It's okay to be scared. What is it about cancer that you're afraid of?”