Which nursing diagnosis is a priority for a patient with severe symptoms of tinnitus, vertigo, sensorineural hearing deficit, nausea, and vomiting?
1. Disturbed Sensory Perception
2. Imbalanced Nutrition: Less than Body Requirements
3. Ineffective Individual Coping
4. Disturbed Sleep Patterns
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Rationale 1: The symptoms listed are for labyrinthitis or Ménière's disease, disorders of the inner ear, in which balance and coordination of motor skills related to gravitational pull are disturbed. Disturbed Sensory Perception is the appropriate diagnosis for these symptoms.
Rationale 2: The patient with these symptoms may be unable to eat due to nausea. However, there is not enough information in this question to make this diagnosis.
Rationale 3: The scenario does not indicate that the patient is not coping with these symptoms.
Rationale 4: Symptoms of vertigo and tinnitus alter the ability to rest and sleep, but the scenario does not provide that information.
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