The presence of which medical diagnosis in a client would make it most likely that a nurse may need to use medical coercion?
a. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
b. Depression
c. Schizophrenia
d. Hypertension
C
Medical coercion may be necessary in certain situations. These situations include incapacity to make decision and making decisions that could result in harm to self or harm to others in the ab-sence of interventions. For instance, mentally ill inmates may be medically coerced to take psy-chotropic medications against their will if the mental disorder is serious, the inmate is dangerous to himself, and the medication prescribed is in the inmate's best medical interest. Schizophrenia is the diagnosis most likely to require medical coercion.
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