A nursing diagnosis universally appropriate for patients who abuse mood-altering drugs would be:
A) confusion.
B) ineffective coping.
C) imbalanced nutrition.
D) impaired environmental interpretation syndrome.

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Ineffective coping is a nursing diagnosis that could be used for a patient who abuses any of the mood-altering drugs.Other nursing diagnoses that have wide application to patients who abuse mood-altering drugs are disturbed sensory perception,disturbed thought processes,and disturbed family processes.

A Nursing Diagnosis Universally Appropriate for Patients Who Abuse Mood-Altering