A client in an alcohol rehabilitation program tells the nurse "I have been such a loser all my life! I
feel so ashamed of what I put my family through! Now, here I am in a program and I am not even
sure I can succeed at staying sober.".
The nurse should consider the nursing diagnosis of
a. chronic low self-esteem.
b. powerlessness.
c. ineffective health maintenance.
d. risk for violence.
A
Low self-esteem is present when a client sees the self as inadequate. Data are not present to support
the other options.
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