understand patient needs,
wants, and asses
understanding of the
procedure
Nurses should communicate with
patients to ensure all questions are
answered thoroughly.
Patient Implications
Patients need to feel
comfortable to ask any questions
they have regarding the
procedure.
"Nurses' Roles in Informed
Consent in a Hierarchical and
Communal Context"
Nursing Implications
witness- attest
authenticity of patient
signature and
compliance with
treatment prescribed
communicate information
regarding the treatment so
patient is able to make the
best decision going forward
Do not allow patient to sign if patient
believed to be coerced, incapable of making
decision on their own, or if they have
possibly changed their mind
Patient Implications
if cannot write, consent will
need to be recorded
audibly
right to interpreter
ask questions, and letting
hospital staff know if they
do not understand
right to receive current, accurate
information regarding the
statistics of treatment and all
viable options presented before
making a decision
"Informed Consent: Whose
Duty to Inform?"
Nursing Implications
inform patient of all potential
complications/caveats
regarding the care in which they
are consenting to receive
Witness and Assess patient ability to
make a sound, informed, and
non-coerced decision regarding the care
Patient Implications
have a relationship with their provider
in which they feel confident and
comfortable asking questions
surrounding their care
"Problematising Autonomy and
Advocacy In Nursing Care"
Nursing Implications
Nurses need to understand
that patients need autonomy
in their healthcare experience.
Nurses should be able to
recognize when a patient is
unable to make an informed
choice regarding their medical
care.
Patient Implications
Patients should be willling to
ask questions when confused
about informed consent
Patients should be
allowed to make
healthcare decisions
without the nurse
influences their
choice
"Informed Consent Prior to
Nursing Care Procedures"
Nursing Implicaitons
spearhead a positive change by
showing other staff members the
importance and positive outcomes of
providing informed consent prior to
procedures are implemented
New nurses should observe the process of
informed consent related to nursing care
procedures so that they may benefit and the
quality of information they share with
patients is improved
Patient Implications
If not properly informed/receiving
correct information can raise
anxiety and prolong healing/poor
rapport
without proper information
can lead to inappropriate
delivery of care
"Patient advocacy and patient centredness in
participant recruitment to randomized-controlled
trials: implications for informed consent"
Nursing Implications
reaffirming patient that
role first and foremost is
both as a patient
advocate and as
clinicians
ensure that the patient
understands nurse is not
a recruiter for the concept
patient
important to feel heard
when making an
informed decision
regarding a
procedure/intervention
understand/feel they can
ask questions openly and
have a clinician who is
well versed enough to
answer those concerns