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NCLEX-RN

Category - Care Management

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A female client with schizophrenia refuses to take her medications. The nurse threatens the client and tells her that if she does not take them, restraints will be applied to administer the drugs. The nurse’s statement characterizes which criminal act?

Assault
Battery
Invasion of privacy
Defamation

Explanation

Answer: A - Assault occurs when one individual places another in fear of a harmful contact. Battery is intentional touching of another individual without consent, whereas invasion of privacy involves violation of confidentiality. False imprisonment occurs when restraining devices are used without appropriate clinical need.

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