a patient diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder does not make eye contact, does not communicate, and repeatedly bangs head on the wall. which nursing diagnosis would the nurse consider a priority?

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Risk for self-mutilation is the diagnosis that the nurse would consider a priority.

A common example of self- mutilating behavior is cutting the skin with a knife or razor until pain is felt or blood has been drawn. Burning the skin with an iron, or more commonly with the ignited end of a cigarette, is also a form of self-mutilation. Self-mutilating behavior does exist within a variety of populations.

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