A nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. Which factors should the nurse consider when planning this client's care? (Select all that apply.)
1. This client has personality traits that are deeply ingrained and difficult to modify.
2. This client needs medication to treat the underlying physiological pathology.
3. This client uses manipulation, making the implementation of treatment problematic.
4. This client has poor impulse control that hinders compliance with a plan of care.
5. This client is likely to have secondary diagnoses of substance abuse and depression.
1, 3, 4, 5
Rationale: The nurse should consider that individuals diagnosed with antisocial personality disorders have deeply ingrained personality traits, use manipulation, have poor impulse control, and often have secondary diagnoses of substance abuse or depression.
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