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Seclusion
An emergency strategy for managing disturbed and violent patients in psychiatric units, which consists of supervised confinement of a patient to a separate room—i.e., involuntary isolation—to protect others from harm

seclusion [sĕ-kloo´zhun]
in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as solitary containment in a fully protective environment with close surveillance by nursing staff for purposes of safety or behavior management.

seclusion
Forensic psychiatry A strategy for managing disturbed and violent Pts in psychiatric units, which consists of supervised confinement of a Pt to a room–ie, involuntary isolation, to protect others from harm


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