Ethical dilemma (nursing): The topic is ( Informed consent )
{This assignment is a formally written paper and is in APA format, 6th edition. A minimum of three professional references that’s not older than 6 years. You may use internet sites but they will not be counted as a professional citation. Please use the headings of each section of the rubric to outline your paper. The paper should be 3 pages of text. Title page/references are NOT included in this count.}
My topic will be ( Informed consent ) and i put some main points that could help you in writing this paper but you don’t need to follow all of my points but please be clear that you are identifying an ethical dilemma–and how it relates to nursing practice.
First: introduction to the informed consent with an explanation about the goal of it.
Second: how the nurse should deal with the informed consent and how nurses must be collaborative between physicians and patients.
Third: addressing any concerns related to the informed consent and any clinical prognosis which is ca common ethical concern of nurses.
Fourth: what steps should the nurse follow in the process of informed consent and what kind of environment should be provided.
Fifth: Although families often choose to withhold truthful information, should the nurse tell the truth to the patient regarding medical conditions, proposed treatments, and medications or medical procedures.
Sixth: what must nurses need to put in consideration regarding patient interest and how to balance it against wishes, beliefs and values of family.
Note: this is the rubric for the paper
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Ethical Dimensions of Informed Consent
Informed consent is based on the following three ethical principles; respect for a person’s decisions, promotion of a client’s best consequences and observation of a client’s rights. A valid informed consent has to be administered by a competent and informed individual who has not been coerced. To ensure that a client’s rights are enabled and that they are respected, there must exist a valid informed consent. When clients are not given adequate information, are coerced and show signs of incompetence, then consent in this cased in considered invalid. It is therefore up to the nurse to ensure that consent is valid, and this can be done by; first and foremost making sure that the patient does not exhibit signs of incompetence and coercion (DeMartino, Dudzinski, Doyle, Sperry, Gregory, Siegler, and Kramer, 2017)…
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