Case: Michelle is a 69 year old retired teacher. She presents to...

Question Answered step-by-step Case: Michelle is a 69 year old retired teacher. She presents to… Case:Michelle is a 69 year old retired teacher. She presents to the emergency department with complaints of abdominal pain and nausea, and decreased appetite for past several weeks but is worsening. Her history revealed that she stopped using sugar in her coffee to lose weight, with a resultant weight loss of 30 pounds uring the past 4 months. Diagnostic testing reveals a partial bowel obstruction and acute appendicitis. She needs to be prepared for surgery. Michelle tells the nurse that she is having severe abdominal pain and demands “a pain shot right now”. The nurse notes that about 4 hours have passed since her last pain shot. As the nurse was about to leave the room, Michelle started retching and vomitted a small abount of bilious emesis, and crying. She said that she is very afraid and have no idea why she needs surgery. All of the following nursing diagnoses are appropriate to this patient:Deficient knowledge related to procedureAnxiety related to procedureAcute Pain related to the disease processRisk for imbalanced nutrition related to disease processDiscussion Task #1:Which one is the priority nursing diagnosis at this time and provide your rationale.Discussion Task 2:Based on this decision, select the priority nursing activity at this time Administer intramuscular (IM) pain medicationSit and talk with patientCall the physicianOffer to call a family member Health Science Science Nursing NURSING 401 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)