The nurse would select which of the following nursing diagnoses as being most pertinent to a client who finished a course of chemotherapy for cancer and has now developed anemia?

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Anemia causes decreased oxygen carrying capacity which often leads to feelings of fatigue and weakness. Impaired gas exchange would more pertain to a client with respiratory issues, risk for injury could apply but is not as directly related as fatigue, and anxiety may be relevant but is not as specific to the physical effects of anemia.

The Nurse Would Select Which of the Following Nursing Diagnoses