A client, admitted to the hospital after an attempted suicide following the sudden death of her husband, reported she and her husband were together most of the time and did not socialize with others
Now she is experiencing extreme loneliness and lack of companionship. Which nursing diagnosis would address the loneliness she mentions?
1. Powerlessness related to death of husband
2. Posttrauma syndrome related to loneliness
3. Social isolation related to absence of supportive others
4. Complicated grieving related to sudden death of husband
ANS: 3
Social isolation is aloneness experienced by the individual and perceived as imposed by others. In this case the aloneness was imposed by the death of her husband. Options 1 and 4 do not address the issue of loneliness. Option 2 is incorrect because the data do not support a diagnosis of post-trauma syndrome.
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