Which action by a psychiatric nurse best supports the right of patients to be treated with dignity and respect?
a. Consistently addresses patients by title and surname
b. Strongly encourages a patient to participate in the unit milieu
c. Discusses a patient's condition with the health care provider in the elevator
d. Informs a treatment team that a patient is too drowsy to participate in care planning
A
A simple way of showing respect is to address the patient by title and surname rather than assume the patient would wish to be called by the first name. The distracters violate confidentiality and autonomy or exemplify beneficence and fidelity.
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