A nurse is caring for a client who repeatedly refuses meals. The nurse overhears an assistive personnel (AP) telling the client, "If you don't eat, I'll put restraints on your wrists and feed you." The nurse should intervene and explain to the AP that this statement constitutes which of the following torts?

A. Battery involves actual physical contact or harm, not just a threat. B. Negligence refers to failing to provide appropriate care, not intentional threats. C. Assault is a threat of harm that causes fear in the client, even without physical contact. D. Malpractice refers to professional negligence, not intentional threats or coercion.