A child is being discharged from the hospital after a three-week stay following a motor vehicle collision. The mother expresses concern about caring for the child's wounds at home
She has demonstrated appropriate technique with medication administration and wound care. The priority nursing diagnosis is: 1. Knowledge Deficient related to home care.
2. Family Processes, Altered related to hospitalization.
3. Parental Anxiety related to care of the child at home.
4. Infection, risk for related to presence of healing wounds.
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Rationale:
1. The mother has exhibited correct technique, so this is not the priority diagnosis.
2. The child is being discharged, so this is not the priority diagnosis.
3. While all of the diagnoses might have been appropriate at some point, the current focus is the mother's anxiety about caring for the child at home. The priority of the nurse is relieving this anxiety.
4. The mother has shown appropriate care of the wounds, decreasing the likelihood of infection, so this diagnosis is not the priority.
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