A nurse working in a long-term care facility recognizes the challenge of fostering and maintaining the mental health of clients. When admitting a new client to the facility, which statement would be most appropriate for the nurse to make

You are assigned to care for david ramsey, a 22-year old male patient with back injury secondary to being thrown from a motorcycle. did nt damage the spinal, but the computed tomography revealed a compression fracture at l-2. david complains of severe back pain with numbness and tingling in the lower extremities. what assessments are indicated based on this nursing diagnosis? list other major nursing diagnoses based on david’s clinical presentation?