A nursing assistant responds to the nurse's request that the clients' need for touch be addressed by responding,
"I touch them every day when I bathe and dress them." The nurse's response is based on what known fact concerning the need for touch?
a. Humans thrive on the touch of other humans
b. Touch has a positive effect on an individual's sense of wellbeing and health
c. Touching comes in various forms
d. We can tell the difference between task oriented touch and gentle, patient touch
ANS: D
It has been scientifically noted that older people in nursing homes experience touch every day as they are bathed, dressed, toileted, fed, and positioned. The type of touch they desire is not task-oriented touch but "gentle, patient, conscious touch of another person that says to them, 'I'm here, I care, you are important to me." The remaining statements do not address the issue of why not all touch has the same effect on humans.
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