Author Question: A client with severe right-sided abdominal pain is experiencing a miscarriage. Which nursing ... (Read 103 times)

MGLQZ · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

A client with severe right-sided abdominal pain is experiencing a miscarriage. Which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate for this client?

A) Anxiety
B) Grieving
C) Interrupted Family Processes
D) Ineffective Coping

Question 2

The nurse caring for a postpartum client would consider the nursing diagnosis of ineffective individual coping when the client demonstrates which behavior?

A) Reading material on care of a newborn
B) Lying in bed, lights dim, and refusing to spend time with the baby
C) Cuddling the new infant
D) Talking with friends and family on the phone

momtoalll · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

A pregnant mother, no matter how early, sees the fetus as a baby and can be expected to grieve the loss. Because the mother has already lost the fetus, Anxiety is not the primary diagnosis. Until the nurse is able to assess the mother's grief process, Ineffective Coping and Interrupted Family Processes are not the priority diagnoses.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B

The postpartum client who is lying in bed in a darkened room and not wanting to spend time with the new baby is demonstrating signs of ineffective individual coping. The other behaviors would not indicate ineffective copying but rather effective coping and are incorrect.