Two hospitalized patients fight when they are in the same room.During a team meeting,a nurse asserts that safety is of paramount importance,so treatment plans should call for both patients to be secluded to keep them from injuring each other.This assertion:

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Patients have a right to treatment in the least restrictive setting.Safety is important,but less restrictive measures should be tried first.Unnecessary seclusion may result in a charge of false imprisonment.Seclusion removes the patient's autonomy.The principle by which the nurse is motivated is beneficence,not justice.The tort represented is false imprisonment.

Two Hospitalized Patients Fight When They Are in the Same