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A client in an outpatient clinic is being evaluated for nursing care related to grief and coping. Assessment data include the client is withdrawn, flat affect, and refusing meals for 2 days. Which finding requires the nurse to intervene immediately?

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Routine data unchanged from the prior assessment.A stable, long-standing finding that matches the expected care plan.A comfort request with unchanged vital signs and no new symptoms.The new finding that withdrawn, flat affect, and refusing meals for 2 days.

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D. The new finding that withdrawn, flat affect, and refusing meals for 2 days.

Why

Follow-up items test whether the nurse recognizes cues that are new, acute, or inconsistent with stability and need prompt nursing action.

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A client in an outpatient clinic is being evaluated for nursing care related to grief and coping. Assessment data include the client is withdrawn, flat affect, and refusing meals for 2 days. Which finding requires the nurse to intervene immediately?

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