A client at the sleep disorders clinic tells the nurse "I have not slept well in years. As a result, I never
feel good. After all these years, I do not expect things will ever improve or be any different.".
A
nursing diagnosis the nurse should consider developing is
a. disturbed body image.
b. health-seeking behaviors.
c. adult failure to thrive.
d. hopelessness.
D
The client sees limited alternatives and provides verbal clues to hopelessness; thus defining
characteristics are present for this nursing diagnosis. Defining characteristics are not present for the
other options.
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