The nurse working in an emergency department admits a woman whose last menstrual period was 7 weeks ago with acute severe lower right-sided abdominal pain with heavy menstrual bleeding resulting in a miscarriage
Which of the following nursing diagnoses is appropriate for this mother? 1. Anxiety
2. Ineffective Coping
3. Interrupted Family Processes
4. Grieving
4. Grieving
Rationale:
A pregnant mother, no matter how early, sees the fetus as a baby and can be expected to grieve the loss. Since the mother has already lost the fetus, anxiety is not the primary diagnosis. Until the nurse is able to assess the mother's grief process, ineffective coping and interrupted family processes are not the priority diagnoses.
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