Exam 6: Legal and Ethical Considerations

A person in the community asks, "Why aren't people with mental illness kept in state institutions anymore?" Select the nurse's best response.

Which individual diagnosed with mental illness may need emergency or involuntary admission? The individual who

A voluntarily hospitalized patient tells the nurse, "Get me the forms for discharge. I want to leave now." Select the nurse's best response.

Which individual diagnosed with a mental illness may need involuntary hospitalization? An individual

In order to release information to another health care facility or third party regarding a patient diagnosed with a mental illness, the nurse must obtain

Which documentation of a patient's behavior best demonstrates a nurse's observations?

Select the example of a tort.

In a team meeting a nurse says, "I'm concerned about whether we are behaving ethically by using restraint to prevent one patient from self-mutilation, while the care plan for another self-mutilating patient requires one-on-one supervision." Which ethical principle most clearly applies to this situation?

In which situations would a nurse have the duty to intervene and report? (Select all that apply.)

Which nursing intervention demonstrates false imprisonment?

A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia believes a local minister stirred evil spirits. The patient threatens to bomb a local church. The psychiatrist notifies the minister. Select the answer with the correct rationale. The psychiatrist

After leaving work, a nurse realizes documentation of administration of a prn medication was omitted. This off-duty nurse phones the nurse on duty and says, "Please document administration of the medication for me. My password is alpha1." The nurse receiving the call should

A new antidepressant is prescribed for an elderly patient diagnosed with major depressive disorder, but the dose is more than the usual geriatric dose. The nurse should

A nurse is concerned that an agency's policies are inadequate. Which understanding about the relationship between substandard institutional policies and individual nursing practice should guide nursing practice?

A newly admitted acutely psychotic patient is a private patient of the medical director and a private-pay patient. To whom does the psychiatric nurse assigned to the patient owe the duty of care?

Which actions violate the civil rights of a psychiatric patient? The nurse (Select all that apply)

A family member of a patient with delusions of persecution asks the nurse, "Are there any circumstances under which the treatment team is justified in violating a patient's right to confidentiality?" The nurse should reply that confidentiality may be breached

A nurse finds a psychiatric advance directive in the medical record of a patient currently experiencing psychosis. The directive was executed during a period when the patient was stable and competent. The nurse should

Two hospitalized patients fight whenever they are together. During a team meeting, a nurse asserts that safety is of paramount importance, so treatment plans should call for both patients to be secluded to keep them from injuring each other. This assertion

A patient experiencing psychosis became aggressive, struck another patient, and required seclusion. Select the best documentation.