A patient has received morphine for complaints of pain at a recent surgical incision site. After receiving the medication, the patient starts picking at the bedsheets and saying,

"Get the bugs off my bed, I can feel them crawling on me!" Which nursing diagnosis is appropriate for this patient?
A) Disturbed Sensory Perception: Kinesthetic related to side effects of medication as evidenced by patient statement of "Get the bugs off my bed, I can feel them crawling on me."
B) Disturbed Sensory Perception: Tactile as evidenced by patient statement of "Get the bugs off my bed, I can feel them crawling on me."
C) Disturbed Sensory Perception related to patient statement of "Get the bugs off my bed, I can feel them crawling on me"
D) Disturbed Sensory Perception: Tactile related to side effects of medication as evidenced by patient statement of "Get the bugs off my bed, I can feel them crawling on me."


Ans: D

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