A prison nurse is conducting a routine physical assessment when the client states, "It doesn't matter if I am sick, no one cares anyway"
The nurse learns that the prisoner has had no visitors for over a year and has made no friends while in prison. The nurse would identify which nursing diagnosis at this time? a. Risk for Self-Injury
b. Hopelessness
c. Social Isolation
d. Powerlessness
C
The most appropriate diagnosis at this time would be one of social isolation. Social isolation is one of several diagnoses that are fairly common among inmates. The nurse bases this diagnosis on the assessment the nurse made of the client. This assessment may not be limited to just what the client tells her, but can also include additional resources (perhaps, in this case, checking the visitor logs to see that the client has not received visitors in over a year).
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