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Right to least restrictive treatment - ANSWER the legal right of patients to have
whatever level of treatment is effective and least restricts the patient's freedoms
They lack capacity
They lack competency
Court ordered conservatorship - ANSWER right to refuse treatment unless
Right to least restrictive treatment
Right to refuse treatment
Right to an informed decision - ANSWER 3 patient rights -
Order within one hour - must try alternatives
Document all events
Document patient checks every 15 minutes
Debrief when released - ANSWER assessments for restraints
Orientation
Working
Termination - ANSWER stages of nurse-patient relationship
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,Orientation stage - ANSWER nurse learns about patients and their initial concerns and
need
Patients learn about the roles of the nurse
Involves building trust, beginning assessment by the nurse, managing emotions, providing
structure, and providing support
Working stage - ANSWER Outcomes and interventions toward behavior change are
planned
Goals are developed
Termination stage - ANSWER the relationship ends
Nurse & pt reflect on their progress
Statutory law - ANSWER protects the people
Administrative law - ANSWER manages the government
Common law - ANSWER based on precedent and customs
Assault - ANSWER threat or attempt to injure
Battery - ANSWER unlawful touching of another person without consent
Torts - ANSWER wrongful acts for which an injured party has the right to sue
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, Psychoeducational groups - ANSWER teach about illness, medications, problem-
solving, stress management, social skills
Voluntary
Involuntary
Incapacitated commitment - ANSWER 3 ways people get admitted
Restraints - ANSWER anything that limits a patient's movement - physical and
chemical
Seclusion - ANSWER involuntary confining someone alone
Communication - ANSWER a process of interaction between people in which symbols
are used to create, exchange, and interpret messages about ideas, emotions, and mind
states
Context - ANSWER important to the quality of meaning derived by participants during
the process of complementary exchange
Contextual factors - ANSWER relationship between participants
Internal mood states
Mental and physical conditions
Experience and education
Environment
Nurse-patient communication - ANSWER two way process between two or more
individuals
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