Doing a correspondence refresher, need help with topic.

[JasonValentine]

This course I'm taking has no online component, no give and take. I don't learn very well like that, and they have posed a question that has left me stumped. No reading material on it, nothing to reference. It's almost a lecture discussion question, but I'm the only one in the room..til now....the question is as follows:

The following issues in nursing have legal implications. You may be confronted with these in yoru nrusing career. Deriving from experience, choose three of the 10 issues below and describe the legal implication.

The there topics I've chosen are

Negligence

Freedom From Restraint

Malpractice

If anyone would care to air thoughts on these I'd appreciate it, a discussion would certainly kick start my mind.

[notmanydaysoff]

"No reading material on it, nothing to reference"

boatloads of articles, in the popular press and in journals, have been written on these subjects. a quick search and I came up with selections that could all provide pearls that would be good places to start.

I'm back in school and doing research papers has never been easier. what with immediate access to the internet. practically every journal on the planet can be obtained in seconds. I've even contacted authors at research institutions and universities to discuss or get clarification on subjects.

you do not sound enthused about your program. is it recognized by your state board? are you trying to reinstate your license?

[JasonValentine]

No not too enthused. I'm sitting here with a book, and a binder full of questions to answer. I enjoy discussing things, debating things, bouncing ideas off people. It's like being locked in a closet.

If you notice, the question is not about research..it is about discussing from my personal experience. My personal experience was 15 years ago, before I was paralyzed,. and it was still ok to use 4 point restraints. I'd like to hear from people who have had experience, ask them questions. As for the program..of course it is recognized by my state board. THAT..I certainly researched... I'm far too old to be a complete idiot.

Freedom from restraints then anyone care to share an anecdote regarding a recent experience with it??

[Fiona59]

Are we talking physical or chemical restraints?

Many families don't want their loved ones medicated to control the often violent and combative behaviours of their elders. So no Ativan, Haldol, etc. Just nurses bitten and scratched.

Physical restraints. I remember security taking down a patient and putting him in four point restraints. Argumentative, combative, threatening nurses, trying to get into other patients rooms. He is trying to sue the hospital for restraining him from hurting staff, other patients, and possibly himself. If I'd had my way, there would have been a psych evaluation and he'd have been sectioned.

In the two decades I've been nursing, the rise of the sense of entitlement and medical experts from google based knowledge had been astounding.