Question

"A client in a long-term care facility refuses to take oral medications. The nurse threatens to apply restraints and inject the medication if the client doesn't take it orally. The nurse's statement constitutes which legal tort?"

Answer 1

Assault-rationale: assault occurs when a person puts another person in fear of harmful or threatening contact. battery is offensive contact with anothers body. if the nurse actually carried out the threat, battery would also apply.