When analyzing the behaviors of a 23-year-old who meets the criteria for antisocial per-sonality disorder, the nurse recognizes that which nursing diagnosis would be pertinent to his care?
a. Risk for self-mutilation
b. Disturbed personal identity
c. Impaired social interaction
d. Social isolation
ANS: C
The patient with antisocial personality disorder is impulsive, manipulative, and dishonest. Pa-tients with this disorder are frequently involved in illegal matters. Self-mutilation and dis-turbed identity are more appropriate for patients with borderline personality disorder. Social isolation would apply more readily to Cluster A disorders.
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