Which Nursing Intervention Demonstrates False Imprisonment

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which nursing intervention demonstrates false imprisonment?

• A) A confused and combative patient says, "I'm getting out of here and no one can stop me." The nurse restrains this patient without a health care provider's order and then promptly obtains an order.
• B) A patient has been irritating, seeking the attention of nurses most of the day. Now a nurse escorts the patient down the hall, saying, "Stay in your room or you'll be put in seclusion."
• C) An involuntarily hospitalized patient with suicidal ideation runs out of the psychiatric unit. A nurse rushes after the patient and convinces the patient to return to the unit.
• D) An involuntarily hospitalized patient with suicidal ideation attempts to leave the unit. A nurse calls the security team and uses established protocols to prevent the patient from leaving.

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Definitions:

Secondary Spermatocyte

A male gametocyte that originates from the division of a primary spermatocyte and undergoes meiosis II to form spermatids.

Primary Spermatocyte

An intermediate cell type in the process of sperm development, arising from a spermatogonium and giving rise to secondary spermatocytes after meiosis I.

Spermatid

An immature sperm cell.

Sperm

The male reproductive cell, or gamete, in many sexually reproducing organisms, responsible for fertilizing the female ovum.