The number of serious injuries of children in a community has doubled in the past year. Based on this information, the most appropriate nursing diagnosis for the community would be:
1. Altered Family Processes related to hospitalization of an injured child.
2. Noncompliance related to inappropriate use of child safety seats.
3. Injury, risk for related to inadequate use of bicycle helmets.
4. Knowledge, Deficit injury prevention in children.
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Rationale 1: Based on the doubled injury rate, the most appropriate nursing diagnosis addresses the reason behind the increase in serious injuries, not the hospitalizations that occur afterward.
Rationale 2: There is insufficient information to identify causes of the injury rates, so assuming non-compliance would be inappropriate.
Rationale 3: There is insufficient information to support this diagnosis.
Rationale 4: Knowledge Deficit is the only diagnosis that is general to the problem as a whole, as there is insufficient information regarding the nature of the injuries and possible causes; this is therefore the most appropriate community nursing diagnosis.
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