I know that battery and assault are types of Intentional Negligence, therefore, you intend to cause harm.What's the difference between the two?Is it physically touching the person???Thanks! More Like This Nurse Severely Beaten Injured By Patient by Nurse Beth, MSN Nurse Assault: My Story by Shawna Kratochwill, BSN, RN
FLmomof5 1,530 Posts Dec 9, 2009 Assault is the threat. "If you don't take these meds, I will force them down your throat!"Battery is the physical touching that is against the patient's will.
May2011Grad 57 Posts Specializes in Psychiatric. Dec 11, 2009 Assault is the verbalization of intentBattery is the physical harm
thinwildmercury 275 Posts Dec 11, 2009 https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/assault-and-battery-overview.htmlDepends where you are from but the key phrase in the link I sent you is that historically the definitions are what was said above but that today, most states don't differentiate between the two.
jlynn2303 108 Posts Dec 13, 2009 These are the definitions I learned as well -but it always raised questions about the terms 'sexual assault' and 'sexual battery', which are not generally defined that way.
AmandaGrey 3 Posts Dec 17, 2009 My husband came up with these "tricks" and for some reason, it has always stayed in my head!Stupid I know, but I remember them now! Assault - you don't have to touch salt to get it out (as in, just shake the salt shaker when boiling pasta or whatever)Battery - you're going to get hurt if you touch a battery while it's raining outside (it's going to shock you!)
StudentNurseElle 32 Posts Dec 19, 2009 Assault : a threat to cause harmFor example : if you odnt eat your breakfast, I ll make you stay in the chair all day.Battery : purposeful, wrongful, touching without consentFor example : a client who presents his hand when told it is tim eot test his blood glucose implies consentRelies on implied consent as an agreement inferred by the client's cooperative behaviorFor example : continuing to give the client an enema even when she says "stop" is battery.Good luck