diagnosis Subjective: Short term goal: -Schizophrenia can cause a Impaired Social -Encourage group After nursing Patient will verbalize lack of motivation. Patients The patient Interaction activities. should never be forced to intervention The does not talk to factors, behaviors, and socialize but offering Patient verbalize others Related to: Isolation feelings that prevent opportunities to interact factors, behaviors, social interaction may help with negative and feelings that Inability to maintain Within 2 weeks symptoms they relationships prevent social -Refer to specialists -Social skills training is interaction Within 2 Impaired conducted in small groups communication Long term goal: for social skills by trained clinicians. weeks training. Patients learn evidenced by: Within 3 months communication skills, Objective: Patient will develop a appropriate and Poor eye contact inappropriate behaviors in Poor eye contact social support system public, and how to develop Spends time alone Spends time alone -will incorporate -Provide positive personal relationships as techniques that reinforcement -When a patient takes a improve social step to improve social interaction interaction such as smile - will verbalize feeling and he responded with a finger pointing motion safe and comfortable support his efforts and in social situations by -Observe speech, encourage him to continue. participating in group nonverbal gestures, -The nurse is always activities and body language. assessing even when -will build a trusting observing. Assess how the patient talks (disorganized, relationship and speak slow, or pressured speech), openly with the nurse their body language (irritated, by discharge restless, fidgeting), to nowk the cause impaired social interaction