The Nurse Is Determining Diagnoses Appropriate for a Pregnant Patient

question 17

Multiple Choice

The nurse is determining diagnoses appropriate for a pregnant patient newly diagnosed with herpes simplex. Which of the following nursing diagnoses has the highest priority?

• A)Risk for Injury related to the disease process
• B)Deficient Knowledge related to the diagnosis
• C)Anxiety related the diagnosis
• D)Interrupted Family Processes related to the effects of the diagnosis on her relationship with her partner

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Definitions:

Rationalization

The process of offering a logical or reasonable explanation for behaviors or attitudes that might otherwise appear irrational.

Critical Thinking

A collection of skills we use every day that are necessary for our full intellectual and personal development.

Resistance

The act of opposing or standing against something, often used in the context of social and political movements.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

An American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.