When staff nurses ignore a patient's verbal threats or acts of intimidation:
a. a greater number of patients return to the facility for care.
b. staff nurses report increased job satisfac-tion.
c. the patient receives exposure to a positive role model.
d. violence escalates.
D
The toleration of hostile or threatening behavior can result in escalation that results in physical harm (Hoag-Apel, 1999).
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