Workshop #: 5

NURSING BOUNDARY INDEX

Please rate yourself according to the frequency that the following statements reflect your
behavior, thoughts, or feelings within the past 2 years while providing patient care.
1. Have you ever received any feedback about your Never Rarely Sometimes Often
behavior for being overly intrusive with patients or their
families?
2. Do you ever have difficulty setting limits with Never Rarely Sometimes Often
patients?
3. Do you arrive early or stay late to be with your Never Rarely Sometimes Often
patient for a longer period of time?
4. Do you ever find yourself relating to patients or Never Rarely Sometimes Often
peers as you might to a family member?
5. Have you ever acted on sexual feelings you have for a Never Rarely Sometimes Often
patient?
6. Do you feel that you are the only one who Never Rarely Sometimes Often
understands the patient?
7. Have you ever received feedback that you get “too Never Rarely Sometimes Often
involved” with patient or families?
8. Do you derive conscious satisfaction from patient’s Never Rarely Sometimes Often
praise, appreciation, or affection?
9. Do you ever feel that other staff members are too Never Rarely Sometimes Often
critical of “your’ patient?
10. Do you ever feel that other staff members are Never Rarely Sometimes Often
jealous of you relationship with a patient?
11. Have you ever tried to “match-make “a patient with Never Rarely Sometimes Often
one of your friends?
12. Do you find it difficult to handle patients’ Never Rarely Sometimes Often
unreasonable requests for assistance, verbal abuse, or
sexual language?