Unhappy with the treatment progress for their child with cancer, the parents choose to add dietary supplements, including megavitamins, as complementary medicine to the treatment plan
What would be the priority nursing diagnosis for this child? 1. Impaired gas exchange
2. Risk for injury
3. Altered family processes
4. Altered parenting
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Rationale 1: The use of complementary therapies does not indicate impaired gas exchange.
Rationale 2: Risk for injury is the priority nursing diagnosis when complementary therapies are used. The nurse must be concerned for the child's safety with respect to side effects, risks, and other implications of complementary therapy used with traditional Western medical treatments.
Rationale 3: There is no indication this family has altered family processes. The use of complementary therapies does not mean their processes are unusual.
Rationale 4: There is no indication the parents are using inappropriate parenting styles.
Global Rationale:
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