The homicidal patient: when a plan of care violates standards of care.

摘要: 1. The nursing care of an extraordinarily dangerous patient may necessitate implementing a treatment plan that should never be used under normal circumstances. 2. subject whose case is described in this article presented management problems required violating accepted standards care. 3. Although ultimately successful, the plan's restrictive mode (and stress coping with patient) wearied staff members and caused divisions among multidisciplinary team.