The Nurse Is Planning Care for the Client Diagnosed with Chronic

question 64

Multiple Choice

The nurse is planning care for the client diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who has a breathing rate of 32 per minute, elevated blood pressure, and fatigue. Which nursing diagnosis is the priority for this client?

• A)Ineffective Coping
• B)Ineffective Airway Clearance
• C)Anxiety
• D)Ineffective Breathing Pattern

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Definitions:

Basic Social Causes

Fundamental underlying factors that affect social behaviors, structures, and changes within a society.

Proximate Social Causes

Immediate, direct causes within social frameworks that lead to particular outcomes or states of affairs, often contrasted with underlying or structural causes.

Ablism

Discrimination or social prejudice against people with disabilities based on the belief that typical abilities are superior.

Urban Planning

The field concerned with the design and regulation of the use of space that focuses on the physical form, economic functions, and social impacts of the urban environment and on the location of different activities within it.