ATI RN
ATI RN Comprehensive Predictor 2023 Retake 1 Questions
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Question 1 of 5
A nurse is caring for a client who repeatedly refuses meals. The nurse overhears an assistive personnel (AP) telling the client, 'If you don't eat, I'll put restraints on your wrists and feed you.' The nurse should intervene and explain to the AP that this statement constitutes which of the following torts?
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Answer: A: Assault.
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1. Assault is the threat of harmful or offensive contact without consent. The AP's statement of restraining and force-feeding constitutes a threat.
2. Assault does not require physical contact, only the apprehension of harm, which the threat of restraints and force-feeding causes.
3. Malpractice involves professional negligence, not threats of physical harm.
4. Battery is actual harmful or offensive contact without consent, not just a threat.
5. Negligence is the failure to act with reasonable care, not a deliberate threat of harm.
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