You volunteer at a free community clinic. A 13-year-old girl claims to have been diagnosed with SLE and presents with chlamydia. The team leader at the clinic advises that:
a. The state-defined age of legal consent is 18; therefore, no treatment can be deli-vered.
b. The teen is underage and should be re-ferred to the family general practitioner.
c. Care can be provided as long as consent is voluntary and information about treatment and options is provided.
d. Treatment is provided as long as telephone consent is obtained from a parent or legal guardian.
C
All states have a legal age for consent; generally, this age is 18 . However, emancipated minors, minors seeking treatment for substance abuse, and minors seeking treatment for communicable diseases can provide their own consent.
You might also like to view...
A client has an order for an IV medication to be administered via secondary administration set (piggyback). Before hanging the secondary administration set (piggyback) medication, the nurse must:
a. check the client's drug allergies, check the compatibility of the solutions, and assess the infusion site b. discuss the purpose of the medication with the client c. ask the client's family about any history of allergies, and determine the flow rate d. apply clean gloves, discuss the purpose of the medication with the client, and hang the piggyback bag
A nurse caring for a patient with diabetes insipidus is reviewing laboratory results. What is an expected urinalysis finding?
A) Glucose in the urine B) Albumin in the urine C) Highly dilute urine D) Leukocytes in the urine
Both the problem statement and the purpose of a quantitative research study report should address what?
a. Generalizability b. Sampling procedure c. Implications for future research d. Relationship between the variables
The nurse applies an aquathermia pad to a client for pain relief. What is the most common use for an aquathermia pad?
A) Muscle sprains B) Rectal surgery C) Perineal surgery D) Infant delivery