A nurse understands informed consent when making which of the following statements?
a. "Informed consent is a binding agree-ment.".
b. "Informed consent involves filling out an incident report.".
c. "Informed consent occurs when the pa-tient receives information about a proce-dure before giving consent.".
d. "Informed consent is a name for a written legal policy.".
C
Informed consent in the health care setting is a process whereby a patient is informed of the risks, benefits, and alternatives of a certain procedure and then gives consent for it to be done. In-formed consent is not a binding agreement, an incident report, or a written legal policy.
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