Which client situation fails to meet the first requirement of informed consent?
a. The parent does not understand the physi-cian's explanations.
b. The physician gives the parent only a partial list of possible side effects and complications.
c. No parent is available and the physician asks the adolescent to sign the consent form.
d. The infant's teenage mother signs a consent form because her parent tells her to.
C
The first requirement of informed consent is that the person giving consent must be competent. Minors are not allowed to give consent. An understanding of information, full disclosure, and voluntary consent are requirements of informed consent, but none of these is the first requirement.
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A) "Bladder control during the day usually occurs by ages 2.5 to 3 years." B) "Do you think you are doing something wrong? They should be trained." C) "I don't know. I will have to talk to your doctor, and I will let you know." D) "I had that same problem. You just have to try harder."
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a. assistance is needed in working toward a resolution between parties b. the organization wishes to reprimand the employee c. the employee has threatened to report the organization to the labour board d. an outside partner has made the final decision on the issue
A nurse in a long-term care facility is aware that a patient's death is imminent. The patient does not have any family and there is no one with the patient
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