A client tells the nurse, "I'm despairing. God lets me suffer with a mental illness that returns over and over again. I pray to get well and stay well, but God doesn't answer." The nurse should con-sider developing which nursing diagnosis?
1. Powerlessness
2. Spiritual distress
3. Decisional conflict
4. Social isolation
ANS: 2
Data indicate that the client feels separated from God. There are few data to support the other options listed.
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A) Advocate B) Coordinator C) Researcher D) Educator
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