The nurse taking care of a patient with a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder is developing a plan of care. The nurse knows that which nursing diagnoses relate to the patient's diagnosis?
1. Nutrition, Impaired
2. Parenting, Impaired
3. Body Image, Disturbed
4. Pain, Related to violence
Answer: 2
Explanation: Nursing diagnoses for patients with dissociative disorder are based on safety level and patient's current intensity of dissociation and amnesia. Patients who are parents may experiencing impairment of their parenting abilities as a result of the disorder. Other appropriate nursing diagnoses include: Suicide, Risk for; Violence: Self-Directed, Risk for; Self-Mutilation; Personal Identity: Disturbed; Fear; Hopelessness; and Powerlessness. All other answer choices are not related to dissociative disorder.
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