Exam 7: Legal and Ethical Guidelines for Safe Practice

Several nurses are concerned that agency policies related to restraint and seclusion practices are inadequate.Which understanding about the relationship of substandard institutional policies and individual nursing practice should guide nursing practice?

Which nursing intervention demonstrates false imprisonment?

Which actions violate the civil rights of a psychiatric patient? The nurse: You may select more than one answer.

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

Which patient meets criteria for involuntary commitment for psychiatric treatment? The patient who:

A patient in alcohol rehabilitation reveals to the nurse,"I feel terrible guilt for sexually abusing my 6-year-old before I was admitted." Select the nurse's most important action.

After leaving work,a nurse realizes documentation of administration of a PRN medication was omitted.This off-duty nurse phones the unit and tells the nurse,"Please document administration of the medication for me;I forgot to do it.My password is alpha1." The nurse receiving the call should:

A patient with psychosis asks a psychiatric technician,"What's the matter with me?" The technician replies,"Your wing nuts need tightening." The nurse who overheard the exchange will need to take action based on:

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