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Basic Nursing 1st Edition by Judith Wilkinson, Leslie Treas

Edition 1ISBN: 9780803627789
book Basic Nursing 1st Edition by Judith Wilkinson, Leslie Treas cover

Basic Nursing 1st Edition by Judith Wilkinson, Leslie Treas

Edition 1ISBN: 9780803627789
Exercise 20
Patient Situation
Refer to the Meet Your Patient scenario near the beginning of this chapter. You have now admitted Todd from the ED.
Patient Situation  Refer to the Meet Your Patient scenario near the beginning of this chapter. You have now admitted Todd from the ED.      Doing  Nursing Process (Diagnosis):  a. Write one collaborative problem for Todd. If you do not know the potential complications of chronic renal failure, look them up in a medical-surgical or pathophysiology textbook. Also explain why you would not use a nursing diagnosis to describe the problem.  b. After further assessment, you observe that Todd's skin is intact and without redness or lesions. Write a nursing diagnosis (problem and etiology) to describe your concerns about his skin.  c. Based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which problem has the highest priority?
Doing
Nursing Process (Diagnosis):
a. Write one collaborative problem for Todd. If you do not know the potential complications of chronic renal failure, look them up in a medical-surgical or pathophysiology textbook. Also explain why you would not use a nursing diagnosis to describe the problem.
b. After further assessment, you observe that Todd's skin is intact and without redness or lesions. Write a nursing diagnosis (problem and etiology) to describe your concerns about his skin.
c. Based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which problem has the highest priority?
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