Question

Define and describe negligence, malpractice legal concerns about patient restraint, leaving against medical advise and false imprisonment in nursing

Answer 1

# Negligence is a failure to take reasonable care to avoid causing injury or loss to another person.

Negligence describes a situation in which a person acts in a careless manner , which results in someone else getting hurt or property being damaged.

# Malpractice is an instance of negligence or incompetance on the part of a professional.

A hospital or nursing home negligence case may arise if restraints are used without a doctor's order , used without adequate justification or used with inadequate monitoring of the patient , the misuse of restraint results in injury or death.

# Leaving against medical advice ( LAMA )defined broadly as patient's insistence upon leaving the hospital against the expressed advice of the treating team .

LAMA is an act whereby a patient takes discharge contrary to the recommendation or will of the physician.

# False imprisonment is the unlawful confinement of a person against their will.

False imprisonment happens when a patient is held involuntarily in a hospital , nursing home , other health facility. The person held had to reasonably believe they could not leave.