Which Nursing Intervention Demonstrates False Imprisonment

question 22

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 and attention seeking much 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.The nurse rushes after the patient and convinces the patient to return to the unit.
• D) An involuntarily hospitalized patient with homicidal ideation attempts to leave the facility.A nurse calls the security team and uses established protocols to prevent the patient from leaving.

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