A 32-year-old woman is admitted to the unit with a diagnosis of hypovolemia. The nurse is developing a care plan for this patient. What is an appropriate nursing diagnosis to help prevent medication errors?
A) Dysfunctional gastrointestinal motility
B) Ineffective self-health maintenance
C) Risk for injury
D) Deficient fluid volume
D
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Hypovolemia is condition involving fluid volume in the body that is less than required. This would affect drug therapy for this patient and would be an important inclusion in the plan of care. The situation described does not indicate dysfunctional GI motility or ineffective self-health maintenance. A patient who is severely fluid volume deficient might be at risk for falls and injury but more information would be needed to make this determination.
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