The nurse puts his arm around an older adult client when assisting her to transfer to a chair.The client could interpret the nurse's touch as

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Touching a client is one of the most powerful ways a nurse has to communicate nonverbally.Within a professional relationship,affective touch can convey caring and reassurance.In studies,nurses' touching clients has been reported to be perceived both positively as an expression of caring and negatively as a threat.Denotation refers to the generalized meaning of a word.Paralanguage is the way a verbal message is expressed.

The Nurse Puts His Arm Around an Older Adult Client