Question of the week for 04.19.10
In a psychiatric unit setting, a nurse should limit touch or physical contact used with clients to handshaking for what reason?
1. Some clients misconstrue hugs as an invitation to sexual advances
2. Handshaking keeps the gesture on a professional level
3. Refusal to touch a client denotes lack of concern
4. Inappropriate touch often results in charges of assault and battery
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The correct answer is number: 1
Fontaine, K.L.
Mental health nursing: Issues, trends, and transition to practice (6th ed.).(2008).
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
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