Which nursing diagnosis should be prioritized when providing nursing care to a client diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder?
1. Risk for violence: directed toward others R/T paranoid thinking
2. Risk for suicide R/T altered thought
3. Altered sensory perception R/T increased levels of anxiety
4. Social isolation R/T inability to relate to others
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Rationale: The priority nursing diagnosis for a client diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder should be social isolation R/T inability to relate to others. These clients avoid close or romantic relationships, interpersonal attachments, and intimate sexual relationships.
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