A nurse has developed a plan of care for the nursing diagnosis Risk for Loneliness for a recently widowed man. When evaluating the plan, the man tells the nurse new information about his active social life. What would the nurse do next?

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If the patient has shared new information indicating he does not meet the criteria of the nursing diagnosis, the diagnosis should be deleted from the plan of care as no longer applicable. Continuing with the plan or adjusting the time criteria would not be appropriate since the diagnosis is no longer relevant. Telling the patient he is lonely would be inaccurate and potentially harmful to the therapeutic relationship.

A Nurse Has Developed a Plan of Care for the Nursing