You are a nursing student who is assigned to a busy medical-surgical unit that specializes in the care of patients with

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You are a nursing student who is assigned to a busymedical-surgical unit that specializes in the care of patients withdiabetes related conditions. One of your patients for the day isMs. Ncube, a 63 year old woman who is post-operative for anamputation of the right foot. You enter the room to conduct yourmorning assessment and you find that Ms. Ncube is cryinguncontrollably. She confides to you that she feels helpless andthat she does not know how she will continue to live her lifeautonomously without her foot. She states that she cannot bare forherself or anyone else to see her wound. Although you empathizewith Ms. Ncube, you are very busy today and have a limited amountof time to conduct your assessment.