A nursing diagnosis appropriate to consider for a patient with antisocial personality disorder is:
a. risk for self-directed injury.
b. impaired social interaction.
c. disturbed personal identity.
d. disturbed sensory perception.
B
Impaired social interaction describes a state in which the person participates in insufficient, excessive, or ineffective social exchange. The remaining options are not typically exhibited by a patient with antisocial personality disorder.
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