A patient tells the nurse that he smokes 2 packs per day, works 10-hour work days most days of the week, and has no time to exercise. Which of the following nursing diagnoses would be appropriate for this patient?
1. imbalanced nutrition: more than body requirements
2. altered health maintenance
3. anxiety
4. ineffective coping
2
Rationale: The patient has several modifiable risk factors for the development of coronary artery disease that include smoking and lack of exercise. These risk factors would suggest to the nurse that the nursing diagnoses of altered health maintenance would be appropriate for the patient. There is no information to support the diagnoses of imbalanced nutrition: more than body requirements, anxiety, or ineffective coping.
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