The nurse educator is providing education to the staff nurses regarding the use of seclusion in the psychiatric setting. The educator asks the nurses to describe patients who would best benefit from seclusion. Which statements by the nurses would indicate that teaching has been effective? Select all that apply.

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3. Seclusion is an intervention that may be used in the inpatient psychiatric setting to protect a patient who is a danger to self or to protect others from injury when imminent risk is present. The patient who attempts to cut herself and the patient who hits another patient are patients who would benefit from seclusion. The patient who throws a book on the ground and the patient who is loud and disruptive are not displaying a physical threat to self or others. Rather, these patients are displaying escalating anxiety and would benefit from therapeutic communication interventions, not seclusion. The patient with altered thought processes would benefit from reorientation, not seclusion.
4. Seclusion is an intervention that may be used in the inpatient psychiatric setting to protect a patient who is a danger to self or to protect others from injury when imminent risk is present. The patient who attempts to cut herself and the patient who hits another patient are patients who would benefit from seclusion. The patient who throws a book on the ground and the patient who is loud and disruptive are not displaying a physical threat to self or others. Rather, these patients are displaying escalating anxiety and would benefit from therapeutic communication interventions, not seclusion. The patient with altered thought processes would benefit from reorientation, not seclusion.

The Nurse Educator Is Providing Education to the Staff Nurses