Multiple Choice
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?
A) The policies do not absolve an individual nurse of the responsibility to practice according to professional standards of nursing care.
B) Agency policies are considered the legal standard by which a professional nurse must act and therefore override other standards of care.
C) In an institution with substandard policies,the nurse has a responsibility to inform the supervisor and leave the premises without delay.
D) Interpretation of policies by the judicial system is rendered on an individual basis and therefore cannot be predicted.
Correct Answer:
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