Which nursing diagnosis statement is related to sociocultural life process?
1. Imbalanced nutrition
2. Impaired social interaction
3. Ineffective sexual pattern
4. Chronic low self-esteem
ANS: 2
Social interaction falls within the realm of sociocultural life processes; therefore option 2 is the correct choice. Option 1 is related to biologic life processes. Options 3 is related to sexual life processes, and option 4 is related to psychologic life processes.
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