A patient tells the nurse, "My therapist touched my face and asked me to come to his house for a romantic evening." The nurse recognizes that the therapist has engaged in which unethical behavior?
1. Invasion of privacy
2. Inappropriate self-disclosure
3. Failure to maintain boundaries
4. False imprisonment
Answer: 3
Explanation: Making sexual advances to a patient constitutes a serious boundary violation, not inappropriate self-disclosure, invasion of privacy, or false imprisonment. The nurse should report the patient's claims following agency protocols.
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