Boundary Training 116 - Professional Boundaries Guided by Respect

Course overview

•Describe why the idea of professional boundaries is relevant to respect •Distinguish a respectful, professional approach from one based onobjectivity and efficiency alone •Identify and discuss appropriate physical boundaries in relation to unconsented touching, sexual touching, and sexual contact •Describe three types of situations in which maintaining emotional boundaries are crucial to avoiding enmeshment •Identify clues that may alert you that your sympathy is becoming pity •Define overidentification and its negative effects •Describe what it means to care too much •List some ways that honoring professional boundaries serves the positive goals of the health professional and patient relationship