A patient was arrested for breaking windows in the home of a former domestic partner. The patient's history also reveals childhood abuse by a punitive parent, torturing family pets, and an arrest for disorderly conduct.
Which nursing diagnosis has priority?
a. Risk for injury
b. Ineffective coping
c. Impaired social interaction
d. Risk for other-directed violence
Question 2
Which behavior best demonstrates aggression?
a. Stomping away from the nurses' station, going to the hallway, and grabbing a tray from the meal cart.
b. Bursting into tears, leaving the community meeting, and sitting on a bed hugging a pillow and sobbing.
c. Telling the primary nurse, I felt angry when you said I could not have a second helping at lunch.
d. Telling the medication nurse, I am not going to take that, or any other, medication you try to give me.
Nurses possess a wide variety of experiences which they take into each patient encounter.
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