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A client admitted to the inpatient unit has a diagnosis of schizophrenia, residual type. The nursing diagnosis which has the highest priority for this client is:
 
  1. Disturbed Thought Process
  2. Impaired Social Interaction
  3. Risk for Violence: Self-Directed or Other-Directed
  4. Impaired Verbal Communication
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Rationale: Risk for Violence: Self-Directed or Other-Directed is most closely related to patient safety, which is the highest priority in nursing care of any client. Impaired Social Interaction, Disturbed Thought Processes, and Verbal Communication are accurate and important nursing diagnoses, but client safety is the highest priority for planning care.
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