A nursing intervention that violates the rights of the psychiatric client would be if the nurse
a. imposes suicide precautions before the client has been interviewed by the
physician.
b. opens and reads mail the client has left at the nurse's station to be mailed.
c. places the client's expensive watch in the hospital business office safe.
d. reports overhearing the client tell a friend that he will spit out oral medication.
ANS: B
The client has the right to send and receive mail without interference. The other options are
examples of good nursing judgment and do not violate the client's civil rights.
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