Davis Advantage For Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Chapter 5 40 Correctly Answered Questions Latest Update

6. Joe is very restless and is pacing the room. The nurse says to Joe, "If you don't sit down in the chair and be still, I'm going to put you in restraints!" With which of the following legal actions might the nurse be charged because of this nursing action? a. Defamation of character b. Battery c. Breach of confidentiality d. Assault {Ans: D}27. Which nursing intervention constitutes false imprisonment? 1. The nurse seeks a physician's order after restraining a combative client who states, "No one can stop me from leaving." 2. The nurse institutes seclusion of a client who has been consistently seeking the attention of the nurses much of the day. 3. The nurse runs after an involuntarily admitted psychotic client who runs off the unit and then agrees to return. 4. The nurse calls the security team to prevent an involuntarily admitted client from leaving. {Ans: 2. This is correct. Secluding the client is false imprisonment. False imprisonment is the deliberate and unauthorized commitment of a person within fixed limits by the use of verbal or physical means. Seclusion should only be used in an emergency to prevent harm after the least restrictive means have