What is the most appropriate nursing diagnosis for a patient who has had nose surgery?
a. Risk for imbalanced body temperature
b. Social isolation
c. Decreased cardiac output
d. Risk for activity intolerance
C
The nose has a large number of blood vessels, which cause a great deal of bleeding during sur-gery. Decreased cardiac output is the postoperative result.
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