An Agitated Individual Is Brought to the Emergency Department by Friends

Multiple Choice

An agitated individual is brought to the emergency department by friends who state that the patient took a hallucinogenic drug at a party and then tried to jump from a second-story window. The priority nursing diagnosis for the patient is

A) disturbed thought process related to drug effects.
B) risk for injury related to altered perception.
C) ineffective health maintenance related to drug use.
D) powerlessness related to loss of behavioral control.