Informed consent
What will be an ideal response?
Person agrees to allow a particular treatment based on facts needed to make an intelligent decision.
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A 68-year-old woman has come in for an assessment of her rheumatoid arthritis, and the nurse notices raised, firm, nontender nodules at the olecranon bursa and along the ulna. These nodules are most commonly diagnosed as:
a. Epicondylitis. b. Gouty arthritis. c. Olecranon bursitis. d. Subcutaneous nodules.
The Joint Commission now requires which of the following to be documented in the client record?
a. evidence of informed consent to participate in the plan of care b. the process by which the plan of care is developed c. an individualized plan of care for the client d. the number of health care professionals who participated in development of the care plan
A multipara's labor plan includes the use of jet hydrotherapy during the active phase of labor. What is the priority patient assessment prior to assisting the patient with this request?
a. Maternal pulse b. Maternal temperature c. Maternal blood pressure d. Maternal blood glucose level
The purpose of meshing the donor skin for grafting is to:
1. Increase the size of the graft. 2. Improve the cosmetic effect. 3. Increase the rejection rate of the graft. 4. Increase the thickness of the graft.