A client with blindness related to conversion disorder tells the nurse "I'm really popular here in the
hospital. Lots of doctors and nurses stop by to check on my blindness and the other patients are
really interested in it, too.
Too bad people outside the hospital don't find me so interesting.". On the
basis of this statement, the nurse should continue to gather assessment data to support the nursing
diagnosis of
a. social isolation.
b. chronic low self-esteem.
c. interrupted family processes.
d. ineffective health maintenance.
ANS: B
The client mentions that her symptoms make her more interesting to people, inferring that she is
uninteresting and unpopular without the symptoms, thus supporting the nursing diagnosis of chronic
low self-esteem. Defining characteristics for the other nursing diagnoses are not present in the
scenario.
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