A client at the crisis clinic has cared for her invalid mother for 10 years. The mother's condition has
deteriorated, and placement in a nursing home has been recommended by the mother's physician.
The client states she has always seen herself as capable of caring for her mother despite the personal
sacrifice it requires. To place the mother in a home threatens her value system. The Nursing
Outcomes Classification outcome of highest relevance for this client with the nursing diagnosis of
decisional conflict would be
a. role performance.
b. decision making.
c. stress level.
d. coping.
B
The Nursing Outcomes Classification outcome of decision making is most closely aligned with the
decisional conflict experienced by the client. The relation of the other outcomes to this diagnosis
would be more indirect.
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