To Reduce the Risk of a Lawsuit Based on False

question 22

Multiple Choice

To reduce the risk of a lawsuit based on false imprisonment, mental health nurses must give the highest priority to which intervention?

• A) Educating patients about unit protocols
• B) Providing adequate treatment during hospitalization
• C) Selecting the least restrictive treatment environment that will be effective
• D) Ensuring that patients have probable-cause hearings within 24 hours of admission

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory that child development is a series of stages during which the pleasure-seeking energies of the id become focused on certain erogenous areas.

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian theory that refers to a child's feelings of desire for their opposite-sex parent and jealousy and envy towards their same-sex parent.

Phallic Stage

A stage in Freudian psychosexual development, occurring in early childhood, where the libido's focus is on the genital area, and the beginnings of sexual identity are formed.

Libido

A phrase in the context of psychoanalytic theory that refers to the libido or sexual longing.