When planning care for a client in the postoperative period, prioritize nursing diagnoses in the sequence from highest to lowest priority?
A) Impaired Gas Exchange
B) Risk for Infection
C) Altered Comfort
D) Fluid Volume Deficit
E) Anxiety
A, B, C, D, E
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According to the Maslow's hierarchy of deeds, airway and gas exchange is of the highest priority. Next would be the deficiency in fluid volume. Altered comfort would be higher than anxiety because decreasing pain may alleviate/reduce anxiety. Lastly, a risk for diagnosis is not a current problem but an important teaching point to reduce the risk.
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