While developing the care plan for a 41-year-old female who has just had a mastectomy for breast cancer, the nurse knows the nursing diagnoses for this client includes: Select all that apply
1. Infection, Risk for.
2. Body Image, Disturbed.
3. Perfusion, Risk for Impaired Renal.
4. Gas Exchange, Impaired.
5. Hope, Readiness for Enhanced.
1. Infection, Risk for.
2. Body Image, Disturbed.
Rationale: Infection, Risk for. Cancer causes bone marrow depression, which results in an altered immune response. Body Image, Disturbed. A mastectomy is a disfiguring surgery, resulting in an altered body image. Perfusion, Risk for Impaired Renal. There is nothing in the question to suggest that this patient has altered renal perfusion. Altered renal perfusion is more associated with kidney disease and heart failure. Gas Exchange, Impaired. There is nothing in the question to suggest that this patient has inadequate gas exchange. Impaired gas exchange is more associated with lung disease. Hope, Readiness for Enhanced. There is nothing in the question about this client's feelings of hope or hopelessness.
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