Two psychotic clients in the inpatient unit get into fights when they are in the same room
During a
team meeting, one nurse suggests the safety of the two clients is of paramount importance and that
their treatment plans should call for both to be placed in seclusion to keep them from injuring each
other. The suggestion is significant because it
a. violates the civil rights of the two clients.
b. reinforces the autonomy of the two clients.
c. reveals that the nurse values the principle of justice.
d. represents the intentional tort of battery.
ANS: A
Clients have a right to treatment in the least restrictive setting. Less restrictive measures should be
tried first. Unnecessary seclusion may result in a charge of false imprisonment. Option B: Seclusion
removes the client's autonomy. Option C: The principle by which the nurse is motivated is
beneficence, not justice. Option D: The tort represented is false imprisonment.
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