Question

Before a client became depressed, the client was an active, involved parent with three children, often attending their school functions and serving as a volunteer. The client is hospitalized for a major depressive episode and now reveals that the client feels like an unnecessary burden on the client's family. Which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate?(A) Disturbance of self-concept related to feelings of worthlessness (B) Anxiety related to side effects of medication (C) Anger related to marital disagreements (D) Apathy related to fatigue and sleeplessness

Answer 1

The correct answer is A) Disturbance of self-concept related to feelings of worthlessness.

Before a client became depressed, the client was an active, involved parent with three children, often attending their school functions and serving as a volunteer. The client is hospitalized for a major depressive episode and now reveals that the client feels like an unnecessary burden on the client's family. The nursing diagnosis that is most appropriate is the Disturbance of self-concept related to feelings of worthlessness.

If the patient has feelings of being worthless, it is in a very complicated situation because he/she is feeling hopeless and desperate. These persons suffer a lot because they think they are insignificant or useless. They felt on deep depression because they think they have no value at all or nothing to offer to other people. There are many causes to fall into depression. The most common, a divorce, the loss of a job, or economic difficulties. The individual must seek professional help immediately to receive therapy.