If a nurse administers a sedative to a client with dementia, for the purpose of quieting the client, what violation has been committed?

False imprisonment is using a restraint (chemical or physical) for staff convenience or for discipline. It is an intentional tort, an unlawful confinement of another person within fixed boundaries. The confined person is aware of the confinement OR harmed by it.

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