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Question

As the nurse practitioner for an inpatient psychiatric unit, you are present when the staff must forcibly restrain a psychotic client who has assaulted a peer. Which of the following is true concerning the use of physical restraints and medications to prevent the client from injuring self or others? Further legal action is unnecessary if the client was admitted volulntarily. The client must be observed by staff every 30 minutes. The client in restraints and seclusion must be continuously observed and checked according to state and federal protocols for circulation, respiration, nutrition, hydration, and elimination. (Refer to your undergraduate psychiatric textbook and state and federal guidelines for nursing practice.) Staff carrying out the restraints or seclusion may be found guilty of invasion of the client's privacy. A verbal or written physician's order for seclusion or restraint must be given within one hour.