The nurse is working with a couple who have been unable to conceive despite more than 2 years of trying to get pregnant
The couple has just learned that in vitro fertilization (IVF) was unsuccessful and they are both tearful. What nursing diagnosis is most likely to apply to this couple?
A) Hopelessness related to failed IVF
B) Acute confusion related to reasons for failed IVF
C) Compromised family coping related to unsuccessful IVF
D) Moral distress related to unsuccessful IVF
Ans: A
Feedback:
Although further assessment is undoubtedly necessary, it is likely that the couple will be experiencing hopelessness at the news that a potentially promising intervention has failed. Acute confusion denotes a cognitive deficit, not a sense of despair. Sadness at this news is not necessarily suggestive of impaired coping. Moral distress is unlikely because this is not a situation involving morality.
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