The priority nursing diagnosis for a client with hepatic encephalopathy is:
a. altered nutrition: less than body requirements.
b. sensory-perceptual alteration: speech.
c. altered tissue perfusion: cerebral.
d. risk for injury.
d
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Ms. Lopez is a widowed 68-year-old Nicaraguan woman, an immigrant who has lived in the United States for ten years. She lives in a second-floor walk-up apartment with her daughter and son-in-law and their four children. Ms. Lopez is admitted to the hospital and is diagnosed with a stroke and has weakness in her left side. She complains of coughing when she drinks and feels that food sometimes
gets caught in her throat. She has diabetes and high blood pressure and is on several oral medications. She does not check her sugar because she does not feel comfortable pricking her finger. Her body mass index (BMI) is 33 . Ms. Lopez is undocumented and uninsured.Assessing whether Ms. Lopez's left-sided weakness is affecting her ability to perform activities of daily living is the job of which member of the healthcare team? a. occupational therapist b. nurse c. social worker d. speech-language pathologist
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a. is safe to eat raw b. is not hazardous c. is free of bacteria d. was assessed for tenderness e. was humanely slaughtered
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a. saliva b. gastric juice c. intestinal juice d. bile