The ethical right of patients’ ability to refuse treatment is a considerable right that respects an individuals’ autonomy. This right is enforced in all patients’ cases, except if the patient requires immediate intervention from a health threatening state. In mental health nursing, individuals are commonly involuntarily hospitalized for treatment if they are at risk for harming themselves or others (Townsend & Morgan, 2017). Many states support a mentally ill clients’ right to refuse medication and treatment, but many considerations are made by health care providers in which exceptions to a patients’ autonomy are made. This involuntary hospitalization is commonly driven by a petition for court ordered treatment and challenges the ethics and
