Author Question: Sometimes nursing staff must make special efforts to ensure the safety of other clients when a ... (Read 19 times)

cookcarl · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

Sometimes nursing staff must make special efforts to ensure the safety of other clients when a client is agitated and aggressive toward others. Efforts include such interventions as requesting on-site police or guards, one-to-one staffing, or:

a. doubling the dose of medication
b. putting the client in a separate room
c. using chemical restraints
d. transferring the client to another ward

Question 2

Helping nurses work as a team is one of the goals of:

a. home health nursing
b. psychiatric home care nursing
c. psychiatric liaison nursing
d. consultation

alexanderhamilton · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Efforts to ensure the safety of others when a client is agitated and aggressive toward others include such interventions as seclusion. Seclusion is putting someone in a usually empty or padded room or cell by him- or herself. This form of treatment is used to prevent imminent harm to self and others and is a less-restrictive approach than use of restraints.

Answer to Question 2

C
Psychiatric liaison nursing is more focused on assisting the health care providers, while the other three options focus on services provided to the patient as an individual. The psychiatric liaison nurse serves as a consultant for health care providers. He or she focuses on encouraging tolerance among members of the nursing staff, as well as promoting and developing the professional self-esteem of the nurses.