A nurse is caring for a group of clients with antisocial and borderline personality disorders. In planning care for these clients, the nurse should remember that:
Select all that apply.
A) These clients are very motivated to change.
B) Personality traits are deeply ingrained and difficult to modify.
C) Medications are available to treat the underlying physiological disturbance.
D) Use of manipulation by the clients makes treatment difficult.
E) Poor impulse control hinders compliance with plan of care.
F) Secondary diagnoses of substance abuse and depression are common.
B, D, E, F
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