Nursing diagnosis: please read

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we were given by our teacher an assignment on how to make NCP.. but i really don't know how since this will be my first time to make one.. The chief complaint of the patient is on and off severe abdominal pain.. her laboratory exams are okay but she describes her health as poor after admission to the hospital... she is on NPO for the past 12 hours... she has no problems in urination and bowel movement but she has not had any BM since admission.. she rates pain as 10 on a scale of 0-10.. she has not been given any pain medication since she is suspected to have appendicitis.. she is anxious about her office in coping without her.. her husband is very attentive to her needs and her relatives also vist her. she feels that her hospitalization is stressful.. she has also no mobility problems.. she regrets not having any children... what could be the possible NURSING DIAGNOSES to this situation?? PLEASE HELP...

i forgot the number... my friend said who is also a nursing student that when a person has low WBC he/she is risk for infection...

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.
i forgot to place that the patient has a low wbc count...

in your first post you said "her laboratory exams are okay". now you are saying that she has "a low wbc count"! how low? that is an important piece of assessment information to get wrong!

were you expecting me to tell you what the significance of that was and give you a nursing diagnosis? why not try to figure out this symptom yourself? it upsets me that you do not even seem to want to try to figure out this one remaining symptom on your own at all!

if you believe that a low wbc count is significant, begin by investigating the significance of a low white cell count

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