title: Punch from a patient led to correct diagnosis.
abstract: During a recent placement on an older people's ward, I was punched in the face by a patient. It was during visiting time, and the patient - who I will call Jim - had come out of his room and was trying to enter another patient's room.
authors.affiliation: University of the West of England.
authors.forename: Charlotte Lara
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D006113:United Kingdom; D014754:Violence