Problem: The nurse is planning care for a 32-year-old male client with a diagnosis of catatonic schizophrenia who has been mute and motion refusing to eat or drink for two days while receiving care in the psychiatric unit. The priority nursing diagnosis for this client should of the following? Need Professional Help?
Answers: A - D A Ineffective individual coping R/T hospitalization B Wandering R/T altered thought process C Social isolation R/T mute activity D Risk for fluid and electrolyte imbalance/ malnutrition R/T catatonia