A client has blindness that is diagnosed as a conversion disorder. The best nursing diagnosis would be:
1. Visual impairment
2. Panic level anxiety
3. Disturbed sensory perception
4. Denial due to a medical condition
ANS: 3
The diagnosis of conversion disorder is not a medical problem with vision; therefore option 1 is incorrect. Options 3 and 4 are incorrect since there is no evidence to support panic or a medical condition causing denial.
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