NCLEX-PN Exam Practice

Category - Eyes

Your patient is scheduled to go for cataract surgery. What nursing diagnosis should you include in the patients plan of care?
  1. Self care deficit
  2. Imbalanced nutrition
  3. Disturbed sensory perception
  4. Anxiety
Explanation
Answer: C - Disturbed sensory perception should be included in this patient’s plan of care. The patient’s vision would be disturbed related to lens extraction and replacement. The other nursing diagnoses may be appropriate for this patient, but are not relevant to cataract surgery.
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