ATI RN
ATI RN Comprehensive Predictor 2023 Updated 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?
Correct Answer: D
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Answer: D - Assault.
Rationale: The statement made by the assistive personnel constitutes assault, which is the threat of harmful or offensive contact without consent. The threat to put restraints on the client's wrists and force-feed them is a clear example of an imminent threat of physical harm. This is different from battery, which involves actual physical contact without consent. Negligence and malpractice involve failure to provide proper care or breaching a standard of care, not making threats.
Therefore, the correct answer is D.
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