The nurse is caring for a child on bedrest who has severe edema in a left lower leg due to blocked lymphatic drainage. A priority nursing diagnosis would be:
1. Risk for Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements.
2. Risk for Impaired Skin Integrity.
3. Risk for Altered Body Image.
4. Risk for Activity Intolerance.
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Rationale:
1. Nutrition would not take priority over the integrity of the skin for this scenario.
2. The highest-priority problem is skin integrity.
3. Body image would not take priority over the integrity of the skin for this scenario.
4. Activity intolerance would not take priority over the integrity of the skin for this scenario.
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