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RNs and M:1??

I'm an RN, BSN working at short-term locked facility in Colorado. Today I was taking a mandatory quiz on holds (yuck) that comes with an ajoining powerpoint. In the powerpoint, there was a page about who can legally put someone on a 72 hour involuntary hold. I knew all of them, except when I saw RNs with a BSN!

Uhhhhhhh I have that and as far I as know, I can't put someone on an M:1.

I tried looking it up on the state's website without luck.

Does anyone know if RN BSNs can place a patient on an M:1?????????????????????

Thanks! :nurse::yeah:

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    What's a M:1?

    I imagine who can do what varies from state to state. In my state (Indiana) anyone can initiate it by either calling the police for help or getting the patient to the hospital. However, a judge has to sign the paperwork after a doctor makes an assessment and states the patient needs to be held.

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    According to the Colorado Revised Statues 27-65-105

    The following persons may effect a seventy-two-hour hold as provided in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a):

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    A registered professional nurse as defined in section 12-38-103 (11), C.R.S., who by reason of postgraduate education and additional nursing preparation has gained knowledge, judgment, and skill in psychiatric or mental health nursing;

    ..

    Bolding mine.

    Full text can be found here.

    So it sounds like a to invoke an involuntary hold as a nurse in the state of Colorado you would need to have additional education/training beyond a BSN.

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    there are already too many people in place who can order a temporary restraint/evaluation. we don't need to add more to the list.

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    there are already too many people in place who can order a temporary restraint/evaluation. we don't need to add more to the list.

    But she definitely needs to know the law regarding what she can an cannot do on her job.

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