The Mother of a 16-Year-Old Child with Multiple Medical and Developmental

question 9

Multiple Choice

The mother of a 16-year-old child with multiple medical and developmental issues says to the nurse: "There are times that I think about just walking out of the house and not coming back." Which would be an appropriate nursing diagnosis for this mother?

• A)Caregiver role strain related to providing 24-hour care for a child with medical and developmental issues
• B)Risk for injury (maternal) related to overwhelming demands of the medically fragile child
• C)Knowledge deficit (maternal) nursing care of the child
• D)Health seeking behaviors (maternal) related to interest in learning to care for her child

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