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When in doubt - nursing or medicine - always follow the ABCs.... Airway, Breathing, C-Spine/Cardiac. Highest priority is always given to the most life-threatening issue because there's no relevance to meeting comfort or emotional needs if the patient is deceased. You could also align your prioritization to Mazlow - more levels, but the same general principle applies.
Prioritizing medical diagnoses is one thing. No breathing, no heartbeat, no circulation= no patient, dead person. Everything else sorta follows after that, and you can make your own choices and be prepared to justify them. Different people may have different ideas; your faculty want to know how you think, not just whether you can solve a puzzle on the only way possible (there isn't one).
You cannot make priority nursing diagnoses from this list because you don't have any.
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Hello !! I need help, I have this paper due and I am having difficulty with prioritizing diagnosis. The diagnosis are:a-fib,respiratory failure,dysphagia,chronic kidney disease,CAD,BPA,anemia,tracheotomy. Can someone help me ?Thanks in advance