Select one of the following ethical/legal topics:
Autonomy
Beneficence
Justice
Fidelity
Veracity
Involuntary hospitalization and due process of civil commitment
Informed assent/consent and capacity
Duty to warn
Restraints
HIPPA
Child and elder abuse reporting
Tort law
Negligence/malpractice
locate a total of four scholarly, professional, or legal resources related to this topic. One should address ethical considerations related to this topic for adults, one should be on ethical considerations related to this topic for children/adolescents, one should be on legal considerations related to this topic for adults, and one should be on legal considerations related to this topic for children/adolescents.
Briefly identify the topic you selected. Then, summarize the articles you selected, explaining the most salient ethical and legal issues related to the topic as they concern psychiatric-mental health practice for children/adolescents and for adults. Explain how this information could apply to your clinical practice, including specific implications for practice within your state. Attach the PDFs of your articles. β€’ American Nurses Association. (2015). Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements Links to an external site.. https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/nursing-excellence/ethics/code-of-ethics-for-nurses/coe-view-only/Links to an external site.
β€’ American Psychological Association. (2017). Ethical principles of psychologists and diagnostic formulation Links to an external site.. http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/Links to an external site.
β€’ American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. (2014). Code of ethics Links to an external site.. https://www.aacap.org/App_Themes/AACAP/docs/about_us/transparency_portal/aacap_code_of_ethics_2012.pdfLinks to an external site.
β€’ American Psychiatric Nurses Association. (2020). APRN psychiatric-mental health nursing practice Links to an external site.. https://www.apna.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=3846Links to an external site.
β€’ Anderson, S. L. (2012).Practice parameter on gay, lesbian, or bisexual sexual orientation, gender nonconformity, and gender discordance in children and adolescents Links to an external site.. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 51(9). 957–974. https://www.jaacap.org/action/showPdf?pii=S0890-8567%2812%2900500-XLinks to an external site.
β€’ Hilt, R. J., & Nussbaum, A. M. (2016). DSM-5 pocket guide for child and adolescent mental health Links to an external site.. American Psychiatric Association Publishing.
o Chapter 2, β€œAddressing Behavioral and Mental Problems in Community Settings”Links to an external site.
β€’ Thapar, A., Pine, D. S., Leckman, J. F., Scott, S., Snowling, M. J., & Taylor, E. A. (2015). Rutter’s child and adolescent psychiatry (6th ed.). Wiley Blackwell.
o Chapter 19, β€œLegal Issues in the Care and Treatment of Children with Mental Health Problems”
β€’ Zakhari, R. (2020). The psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner certification review manual. Springer.
o Chapter 1, β€œPreparing to Pass the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam”

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