Summary
Contents
Subject index
Mental health nursing students need to understand their legal duties towards all clients, including specific laws for care of detained patients. Yet these laws can be comples, confusing, and difficult to relate to the reality of nursing care. This book is a clear guide to the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice which explains the specific duties, responsibilities and powers of mental health nurses and the care of detained patients in particular. It explains the most frequently encountered parts of the Act and Code and clarifies common misunderstandings. It outlines dilemmas faced by nurses which may arise from possible conflicting responsibilities. It also gives an introduction to other major legal considerations that mental health nursing students need.
Introduction
About this Book
Mental Health Law in Nursing is an essential guide for mental health nursing students to mental health law required for practice, focusing on the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice and the key issues in caring for mental health patients.
Mental health nurses care both for informal patients and for people whose rights are restricted under the Mental Health Act (MHA). Nurses have certain legal duties and obligations towards all patients and there are specific considerations which regulate their care of detained patients. The MHA underwent significant revision in 2007 and a new Code of Practice was published to coincide with the changes to the MHA. It is an essential requirement of their preparation for registration that student mental health nurses have ...
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