A client with antisocial personality disorder smokes where it's prohibited and refuses to follow other unit and facility rules. The client gets others to do the laundry and other personal chores, splits the staff, and will work only with certain nurses. The care plan for this client should focus primarily on:
A. consistently enforcing unit rules and facility policy.
B. isolating the client to decrease contact with easily manipulated clients.
C. engaging in power struggles with the client to minimize manipulative behavior.
D. using behavior modification to decrease negative behavior by using negative reinforcement.
Ans: A. consistently enforcing unit rules and facility policy.
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