University Policy

General

POLICIES

3364-120-6  Admission Criteria and Screening
3364-120-13 Nursing Admission Process and Procedures
3364-120-39 Duty to Warn/Duty to Protect
3364-120-48 Description of the Therapeutic Milieu and Treatment Interventions
3364-120-51 Informed Consents for Psychoactive Medications
3364-120-54-001 Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
3364-120-64 Environmental Safety Checks
3364-120-66 Suicide Assessment and Prevention
3364-120-67 Observation Levels
3364-120-70 Search, Seizure and Disposition of Drugs, Weapons and Potentially Harmful Substances
3364-120-83 Patient Visitors
3364-120-98 Restraints and Seclusion

3364-122-13 Elopement Precautions and Processes
3364-122-22 Individualized Multidisciplinary Treatment Plan and Treatment Team Protocol
3364-122-32 Use of Major Aversive Behavior Therapy
3364-122-34 Immediate and Formal Debriefing Procedure for Patients and Staff
3364-122-35 Obtaining Stat Medications from Pharmacy
3364-122-47 Body Piercings, Subdermal/Transdermal/Microdermal Implants and Skin Divers
 
3364-143-36 Transporting Patients and Staff to and from the Main Hospital
 

GUIDELINES

Advisory Board
Body/belongings search and contraband
Care of the patient acting out
Care of the patient at risk for self-harm
Care of the patient on psychotropic medication
Care of the patient who has an anxiety disorder
Care of the patient who has been sexually abused
Care of the patient who is depressed
Care of the patient who is sexually acting out
Care of the patient with a history of substance abuse
Care of the patient with seizures
Care of the patient with short attention span/inability to concentrate
Discharge planning and continuity of care
Eating disorders
Elements of the AT/RT assessment
Elements of the medical history and physical
Elements of the nursing admission assessment
Elements of the psychiatric/psycho-social evaluation
Emergency procedures and transfers to the ED
Fall prevention
Group treatment
Laundry
Management of precaution patients
Personal care
Psychotic patient
Specialized monitoring for selected medications
Violence risk assessment

Last Updated: 2/25/26