title: When professional kindness is misunderstood: boundaries and stalking issues: a case study for the home health clinician.
abstract: There is the potential for home health nurses and other home care clinicians to be subjected to intrusive and possibly stalking behavior by current and former clients. Most healthcare clinicians do not receive training on the risk of intrusive interactions or stalking, nor on strategies to manage this objectionable client behavior. This article informs nurses and other home health clinicians about the potential risk of stalking. Included is a true case vignette, the legal definition of stalking, incidence occurrence among clinicians, the basic profile and behaviors of a stalker, the victimology and psychological consequences, and implications for policy and procedures and prevention techniques.
authors.affiliation: cheryl-holz@sbcglobal.net
authors.forename: Cheryl L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Holz
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000941:ethics*; D011786:Quality Control; D055807:Stalking / Q000517:prevention & control*