A patient being treated in an alcohol rehabilitation unit reveals to the nurse, I feel terrible guilt for sexually abusing my 6-year-old child before I was admitted. Based on state and federal law, the best action for the nurse to take is to:
a. anonymously report the abuse by telephone to the local child abuse hotline.
b. reply, I'm glad you feel comfortable talking to me about it.
c. respect nurse-patient relationship of confidentiality.
d. file a written report on the agency letterhead.
Question 2
Several nurses are concerned that agency policies related to restraint and seclusion practices are inadequate. Which statement about the relationship of substandard institutional policies and individual nursing practice should guide nursing practice?
a. The policies do not absolve an individual nurse of the responsibility to practice according to the professional standards of nursing care.
b. Agency policies are the legal standard by which a professional nurse must act and therefore override other standards of care.
c. In an institution with substandard policies, the nurse has a responsibility to inform the supervisor and leave the premises.
d. Interpretation of policies by the judicial system is rendered on an individual basis and therefore cannot be predicted.
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