Question

Identify instances of actions taken by an agency or provider that would or could violate the ethical duties and responsibilities of the health care providers or the rights of patients

Answer 1

1 Battery is an intentional tort in which one individual violates the rights of another through touching without consent.Forcing a patient to take medication after the medication was refused constitutes battery.The charge of battery can be brought against the nurse.

Patients have a right to tretment in the least restrictive setting.Safety is important,but less restrictive measures should be tried first.Unnecessry seclusion may result in a charge of false imprisonement.Seclusion violates the patients utonomy.The principle by which the nurse is motivated is beneficience ,not justice.