A patient constantly interferes with activities on an inpatient unit. The nurse, speaking in a loud voice, tells the patient, "If you don't go to your room immediately, I will give you medication that will make you sleep." The nurse's behavior demonstrates:

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Assault is defined as an act that creates a reasonable apprehension of harmful or offensive contact to another without consent of the other. The nurse has threatened the patient. Battery is unwanted touching. Negligence is failure to do what is reasonably prudent under the circumstances. False imprisonment is not evident.

A Patient Constantly Interferes with Activities on an Inpatient Unit