Which of the following nursing diagnosis is most appropriate when caring for a client with deteriorating vision?
A) Risk for Injury
B) Hopelessness
C) Impaired Adjustment
D) Altered Sensory Perceptions
D
Feedback:
When caring for a client with deteriorating vision, the most appropriate nursing diagnosis focuses on the alteration in sensory perceptions. A "Risk for" diagnosis is appropriate when no current diagnosis is available. There is no data indicating client hopelessness or an impaired adjustment.
You might also like to view...
A client is having a second amputation on the same leg for a nonhealing wound. He is visibly upset and states "With one leg, I am not a man anymore and won't be able to provide for my family"
Which response by the nurse best demonstrates caring communication? a. "Have you spoken to your wife about how you feel?" b. "I can call a social worker to talk to you about vocational rehabilitation." c. "I am sorry this is happening to you. I can sit with you for a while." d. "Many war veterans have amputations and still consider themselves men."
what describes a primary use of biological therapy in cancer treatment?
a. protect normal, rapidly reproducing cells of the GI system from damage during chemotherapy b. prevent the fatigue associated with chemotherapy and high dose radiation as seen with bone marrow depression c. enhance or supplement the effects of the hosts immune responses to tumor cells that produce flu like symptoms d. depress the immune system and circulation lymphocytes as well as increase the sense of well being by replacing CNS deficits
Which criteria must be established to assign a diagnosis of dementia? (Select all that apply.)
a. Evidence of cognitive deficits. b. Evidence of aphasia, apraxia, or agnosia. c. Impairment in social function. d. Impairments of occupational function. e. Neurologic signs and symptoms, such as ataxic gait.
Avascular necrosis occurs when the growing cartilaginous ends of bone in children and adolescents undergo necrosis and degeneration because of interference with the blood supply to those ends
Indicate whether the statement is true or false