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saraeharris · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

A nurse has heard that a fellow nurse at another hospital was charged with assault on a patient. The nurse asks the nurse manager whether assault is the same as battery. The nurse manager explains that assault differs from battery in that it:

a. is the act instead of the threat being done without permission.
b. is the threat instead of the act being done without permission.
c. concerns being offensive without permission.
d. concerns the thought without the act or the threat.

Question 2

A nurse researcher is conducting a study that has as its main objective the accurate portrayal of the characteristics of people, situations, or groups, and the frequency with which certain phenomena occur.

The research is implementing which type of study? a. Comparative research c. Correlation research
b. Descriptive research d. Research utilization

javimendoza7 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Assault concerns the threat to touch (or treat) another person without her permission, while battery is
the actual act of touching or treating another person without her permission.

Answer to Question 2

B
Descriptive research studies have as their main objective the accurate portrayal of the characteristics of
people, situations, or groups, and the frequency with which certain phenomena occur. Comparative
research specifies the type of comparisons. Correlation research explores the interrelationships among
variables of interest without any active intervention on the part of the researcher. Research utilization
is the use of some aspect of a research or scientific investigation in an application unrelated to the
original research.