Anursing instructor delivers a lecture to nursing students regarding the issue of client’s rights and asks a nursing student to identify a situation that represents an example of invasion of client privacy. Which situation, if identified by the student, indicates an understanding of a violation of this client right?

Performing a procedure without consentThreatening to give a client a medicationTelling the client that he or she cannot leave the hospital Observing care provided to the client without the client’s permission

Explanation.

Invasion of privacy occurs with unreasonable intrusion into an individual’s private affairs. Performing a procedure without consent is an example of battery. Threatening to give a client a medication constitutes assault. Telling the client that the client cannot leave the hospital constitutes false imprisonment.