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Exploring Boundaries in the Nurse‐Client Relationship: Professional Roles and Responsibilities
Author(s) -
PeterneljTaylor Cindy A.,
Yonge Olive
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2003.tb00677.x
Subject(s) - debriefing , professional boundaries , fiduciary , nursing , psychology , boundary (topology) , clinical supervision , medical education , medicine , social psychology , political science , mathematical analysis , duty , mathematics , law
TOPIC. The creation and maintenance of boundaries as they pertain to the nurse‐client relationship. PURPOSE. To challenge readers to reflect on their fiduciary responsibilities by identifying boundary crossings and violations. SOURCES. Review of the literature and the authors' clinical and teaching experiences. CONCLUSIONS. Although self‐awareness and monitoring, debriefing, and availing oneself of supervision and education are important tools in creating and maintaining boundaries, in the final analysis, the nursing profession needs nurses who have the ability to make decisions about boundaries based on the best interests of the clients in their care.