Despite the fact that nurses usually do not know their clients prior to admission, when providing care they must rapidly progress from which client space to the next?
a. personal to intimate c. public to personal
b. public to intimate d. social to personal
B
The distance at which one person is comfortable interacting with another is influenced by age, cultural values, and gender of those interacting. This is categorized by zones: intimate (touch to 18 inches), personal (18 inches to 4 feet), social (4 to 12 feet), and public (12 or more feet). Nurses must move from a client's public space to their intimate space in a very short span of time due to the provision of care.
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