一名住在護理機構的 70 歲女性個案出現恐慌發作。護理主管查明，機構員工為防止她遊蕩到廚房，故意將她反鎖在臥室內過夜。該機構犯下了哪項法定侵權行為（tort）？
A 70-year-old female client living in a skilled nursing facility experiences a panic episode. The nursing supervisor determines that facility staff intentionally locked her in her bedroom overnight to prevent her from wandering into the kitchen. Which legal tort has the facility committed?
- AMedical malpractice.醫療疏失
- BDefamation of character.毀謗
- CFalse imprisonment.✓ 正解非法拘禁
- DAssault.恐嚇
護理法律中的故意侵權行為（intentional torts）：未經法律或精神急症約束程序的授權，將病人反鎖於房間內或不當約束，構成「非法拘禁」（false imprisonment）。其他選項：A. 醫療失職（malpractice）涉及非故意的專業疏失造成傷害；C. Assault 是用言語或舉動威脅造成立即傷害的恐懼，未必涉及實際身體接觸；D. Defamation 是發表破壞名譽的不實陳述。
Intentional torts in nursing law: locking a client in a room or applying inappropriate restraints without legal authorization or a psychiatric emergency restraint procedure constitutes false imprisonment. Regarding the other options: A, medical malpractice, involves unintentional professional negligence that causes injury; C, assault, is the threat through words or actions that creates fear of imminent harm and does not necessarily involve actual physical contact; D, defamation, involves the publication of false statements that damage another's reputation.
只要未經醫囑將病患反鎖 (包含把輪椅煞車鎖死不讓他動)，在美國一律被告 False imprisonment。