Eight months ago, a client was in a hotel fire and was the last person to be rescued from the roof. She watched her husband burn to death from the helicopter. She continues to have nightmares and is fearful that she will die in a fire
An appropriate nursing diagnosis for the client is what?
A) Anxiety related to illusions
B) Unrealistic fear of fire related to conversion reaction
C) Sleep pattern disturbance related to recurrent nightmares
D) Ego disintegration related to severe anxiety
Ans: C
The appropriate nursing diagnosis is sleep pattern disturbance. The client is not having illusions, nor is her fear of the fire unrealistic. She is not experiencing ego disintegration.
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