Which nursing diagnosis should be prioritized when providing care to a client diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder?
A. Risk for violence: directed toward others R/T suspicious thoughts
B. Risk for suicide R/T altered thought
C. Altered sensory perception R/T increased levels of anxiety
D. Social isolation R/T inability to relate to others
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The priority nursing diagnosis for a client diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder should be risk for violence: directed toward others R/T suspicious thoughts. Clients diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder have a pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others that may result in hostile actions to protect self. They are often tense and irritable, which increases the likelihood of violent behavior.
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