Title: Promote client’s rights to be free from abuse, mistreatment, neglect, and abandonment.
Course: Practical Nursing III (14052-III) > Section: Mastering Nursing Competencies and Skills in the Clinical Setting

Promotion should include

- following professional methods to protect clients from abuse, mistreatment, and neglect
- reporting any instances of abuse, mistreatment, and neglect to appropriate staff
- documenting reconciliation of abuse, mistreatment, and neglect
- avoiding the need for restraints in accordance with current professional standards.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the procedures report instances of abuse, mistreatment, and neglect?
- What measures should one take to protect the client from abuse, mistreatment, and neglect?
- Where does one document instances of abuse, mistreatment, and neglect?
- What are types of abuse, mistreatment, neglect, and abandonment?