title: Professional boundaries: building a trusting relationship with patients.
abstract: As an education coordinator working for a rural hospice agency, I orient new staff, including nurses, aides, social workers, chaplains, and even volunteers on professional boundaries. Over the years, some of the stories about boundaries have been entertaining. Sometimes the crossing of boundaries has been minor, although, at times, looking back, the stories concerning boundary violations have made me question the judgment of some of my peers.
authors.affiliation: Khall@stateoftheheartcare.org
authors.forename: Kelley
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D005260:Female; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D035502:Trust