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The Nurse Is Planning Care for a Pediatric Client Who

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The nurse is planning care for a pediatric client who has a fractured femur and requires a spica cast after being involved in a motor vehicle accident. The client's adolescent brother was driving the car, which was a total loss. The client's father lost his job 3 weeks ago and the mother has just accepted a temporary waitress job. Which is an appropriate nursing diagnosis for this child, and family, based on the current data?


A) Interrupted Family Processes related to a child with significant disability requiring alteration in family functioning.
B) Risk for Caregiver Role Strain related to a child with a newly acquired disability and the associated financial burden.
C) Impaired Social Interaction (parent and child) related to the lack of family or respite support.
D) Compromised Family Coping related to multiple simultaneous stressors.

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