Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 8th Edition by Mary Townsend

Exercise 1

Margaret, age 68, is a widow of 6 months. Since her husband died, her sister reports that Margaret has become socially withdrawn, has lost weight, and does little more each day than visit the cemetery where her husband was buried. She told her sister today that she "didn't have anything more to live for." She has been hospitalized with major depressive disorder. The priority nursing diagnosis for Margaret would be:
A) Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements
B) Complicated grieving
C) Risk for suicide
D) Social isolation