Sherda

yes do charge this patient. I do not advocate to charge a psychotic delusional hallucinationing pt, but what you describe needs to be charged - there are to many incidents where staff are considered punching bags and it is part of our job IT IS NOT!! You may runinto resistance from the judical system - at least that happens a lot here in Canada but stick with it. There is a patient who has assualted several nurses and they are looking into pressing legal charges against this patient. The patient is on a civil commit on a regular adult psych ward within the state hospital system which also runs the forensic program. What are the chances of the charges coming to light and the patient being sent from a adult unit to a forensic wardwithin the same system? What do you, as an RN, feel about a RN pressing charges against a patient? Not to give too much detail but the patient is Borderline and not 'psychotic'. Thus the reason they feel the need to have the patient face up for what they are doing. Any information would be great!