en Nursing Letter to editor <p><span style="color:#d35400;"><strong><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Knowledge Translation Statement</span></span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#d35400;"><strong><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Audience:&nbsp;</span></span></span></strong></span><span style="color:#003300;"><strong><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Nursing managers and hospital administrators</span></span></span></strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Psychiatric patients frequently experience rights violations including restricted autonomy, locked wards resembling imprisonment, privacy breaches, and neglect, yet Iran lacks comprehensive mental health legislation to protect these vulnerable individuals. Nursing managers should implement rights-based training in undergraduate and continuing education programs, advocate for open-door policies and structured family engagement models, and integrate patient autonomy support into daily care protocols, shifting from custodial to recovery-oriented, dignity-preserving care.</span></span></span></span></p> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"></div> Patient Rights, Psychiatric Nursing, Preventive Care, Mental Health 74 76 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1035-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Elham Amiri eamiri1363@gmail.com 100319475328460015176 100319475328460015176 No Department of psychiatric nursing, Khoy University of Medical Sciences, Khoy, Iran Yalda Amiri bestbank12@gmail.com 100319475328460015177 100319475328460015177 No Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran Roghaieh Azimzadeh azimzadeh20@gmail.com 100319475328460015178 100319475328460015178 Yes PhD Candidate in Nursing, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran Mahsa Koohi Garebag Mahsa2144@gmail.com 100319475328460015179 100319475328460015179 No Department of Nursing, Khoy University of Medical Sciences, Khoy, Iran Zahra Heydari Tolash zahraheydari78106@gmail.com 100319475328460015180 100319475328460015180 No Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Student Research Committee, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran Zahra Khezerlou zahrakhezerloo8@gmail.com 100319475328460015181 100319475328460015181 No Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.