A nurse is educating a pregnant woman in preterm labor on the use of her home monitoring equipment and her medications. What factor could impede the client's ability to learn?
A) Preparation
B) Intelligence
C) Previous knowledge
D) Anxiety
Ans: D
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Too much anxiety can paralyze high-order thinking skills.
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You are caring for a patient who is receiving parenteral nutrition. When writing this patient's plan of care, what would be a major nursing diagnosis?
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