The nurse is prioritizing care for a client based upon nursing diagnoses. If following Maslow's hierarchy of needs, list the order in which the nurse should provide care to the client
A) Fatigue
B) Anxiety
C) Alteration in Perfusion
D) Self-Care Deficit
E) Deficient Knowledge
F) Diarrhea
Answer: C, F, D, B, A, E
High-priority nursing diagnoses should be addressed first. This means that Alteration in Perfusion would be the first priority. Medium-priority diagnoses should be addressed next, in order of the impact on physiological processes. Diarrhea would be a priority over Self-Care Deficit; however, Self-Care Deficit would be a priority over Anxiety. Low-priority diagnoses would be addressed last, again in order of physiological impact. Fatigue would be a priority over Deficient Knowledge.
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