A nursing diagnosis appropriate to consider for a patient diagnosed with any of the personality disorders is:
a. noncompliance.
b. impaired social interaction.
c. disturbed personal identity.
d. diversional activity deficit.
ANS: B
Without exception, individuals with personality disorders have problems with social interaction with others, hence, the diagnosis of "impaired social interaction." For example, some individuals are suspicious and lack trust, others are avoidant, and still others are manipulative. None of the other diagnoses are universally applicable to patients with personality disorders; each might apply to selected clinical diagnoses, but not to others.
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