A Guard Tells an Inmate Diagnosed with Schizophrenia to Ask

question 3

Multiple Choice

A guard tells an inmate diagnosed with schizophrenia to ask the desk officer for a mop and bucket, then get some water from the shower area and mop the kitchen and hall. The inmate does not comply. The guard becomes angry and cancels the inmate's recreation time. Which action by the correctional nurse is most appropriate?

• A) Document the inmate's response as indicative of resistance and psychopathology.
• B) Do not intervene. Intervention is not part of a correctional nurse's scope of practice.
• C) Confer with the prison psychiatrist regarding reevaluation of this inmate's antipsychotic medication regime.
• D) Explain to the guard that this inmate has difficulty following multiple instructions. Suggest stating one idea at a time.

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Definitions:

Authority

The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience, often established by a position in a hierarchical organization.

Organizations

Groups of people who come together to achieve specific goals, following a particular structure and set of regulations.

Formalized

The process of establishing official procedures or rules within an organization or system.

Centralize

The process of concentrating control and decision-making authority in a central location or among a small group of individuals.