. A client diagnosed with neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease is disoriented and ataxic, and he wanders. Which is the priority nursing diagnosis?
A. Disturbed thought processes
B. Self-care deficit
C. Risk for injury
D. Altered health-care maintenance
ANS: C
The priority nursing diagnosis for this client is risk for injury. Both ataxia (muscular incoordination) and purposeless wandering place the client at an increased risk for injury.
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