Legal aspects of Psychiatric Nursing presentation

Legal aspects of Psychiatric Nursing

1. LEGAL ASPECTS OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

2. TYPES OF ADMISSIONS VOLUNTARY Persons admit themselves Client consents to all treatment Client can refuse treatment, including drugs, unless danger to self or others

3. TYPES OF ADMISSION INVOLUNTARY Judicial Process Initiated when someone files a petition Certification of the likelihood of serious harm to self or others, or unable to care for self Under 18, parents can confine with confirmation by a neutral fact finder Must be released at end of statutory time to put on voluntary status or have a hearing.

4. INSANITY AS A DEFENSE INSANITY: determined in court, legal terminology McNaughten Rule “At the time of the crime, the individual didn’t know the nature and quality of the act or didn’t know right from wrong.”