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CharlieWard · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

An intoxicated client is admitted to your unit and standard orders are instituted including a banana bag of IV fluids and a nutritional assessment.

Based on these standard orders, what nursing diagnosis would be most appropriate for this client?
A) Fluid volume deficit
B) Altered nutrition
C) Altered health maintenance
D) Ineffective individual coping

Question 2

When developing a plan of care for a client identified with substance abuse issues, the nurse selects appropriate nursing diagnoses resulting from what?

A) Problems affecting the client's dependence on codependent family behaviors
B) Problems affecting the client's ability to function in ADLs
C) Problems affecting the client's knowledge of the current problem
D) Problems affecting the client's desire to discontinue the use of the substance