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Discuss the elements of informed consent and provide a clinical example about what can happen when some elements are not adhered to.
Informed consent is the granted permission of the patient in the acknowledgement of the possible consequences of the procedure/treatment sought. Informed consent should include the rendering of treatment with full knowledge of the possible risks, benefits and also, the alternatives.
What are the 4 principles of informed consent as per the literature?
What is informed consent and what does it mean?
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Informed consent refers to the process by which healthcare providers educate patients about the benefits, risks, and the available alternatives of a particular treatment procedure or intervention. It allows the patient to make a voluntary decision regarding whether to undergo the given treatment intervention/procedure. In the U.S, informed consent is both a legal and ethical obligation of medical practitioners as it involves the protection of patients rights. There are several elements of informed consent. These elements include a description of the interventions risks and discomforts, descriptions of the benefits, patient confidentiality, voluntary participation, and description of alternative procedures or treatments. The patient must be educated about the benefits as well as any risks and discomforts associated with a given treatment procedure or intervention to enable them to make an informed decision. Also, the patient should be educated on any alternative procedures and treatments to make an informed decision on which procedure or treatment to undertake. Again, the patient should be allowed to undertake a given treatment procedure or intervention voluntarily. Moreover, health care practitioners must ensure a high level of patient confidentiality; hence they should not disclose medical information to other individuals without their consent. In a clinical scenario where one or more informed consent elements are not adhered to, the involved physicians or health practitioners may be held liable for medical malpractice. Therefore, the patient has a right to file a lawsuit against the physicians based on the lack of informed consent.
Katz, A. L., Webb, S. A., & Committee on Bioethics. (2016). Informed consent in decision-making in pediatric practice.Pediatrics,138(2).
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You wrote about the consent, and the importance of the practitioner to be aware of their educational responsibility and legal consequences. You did state that the provider could be held liable for medical malpractice as well. Would it be malpractice, or would this be negligence? And why?
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What is the difference between a protocol, standard of care delivery, and policy at the practice, state, and federal level? Briefly outline each. What are the perceptions of the health care delivery system from the perspectives of patients, providers, payers, and policy makers? Discuss at least one perception from one of the populations listed: patient, provider, payer, and policy maker.
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The protocol involves set regulations governed by data communication. It is amongst the medical guidelines, which are instruction set, used to investigate, to be followed, and to process problems of a client and decrease particular types of diseases. A protocol is regulations, rules, and instructions. The Standard of delivery of care involves giving care to patients according to certain regulations and rules. It is offering reasonably skilled competency care to patients by the health practitioners to avoid malpractice and negligence. The policy includes plans, decisions, and actions undertaken to attain particular goals of healthcare. Standard of care demonstrates that through using the protocols, caregivers can offer standard care to patients.
Policy at practice involves counties and cities that provide services and care to address the residents’ needs. The state manages the nursing using the nurse practice act and makes sure hospitals give quality and safe care. The federal government is responsible for funding researches on health, education of healthcare practitioners such as doctors and nurses. The system of healthcare delivery assumes the risks of finances associated with patient care provision. The health care facility focuses on the illness of each patient. Upon the start of payment, every hospital increases planning activities for discharge and the length of staying in the hospital are reduced.
The patient population’s perception is to have a healthcare system that is patient-centered to guarantee quality care, leading to increased satisfaction of healthcare. Policymakers are supposed to address the needs of individuals with chronic disorders and formulate policies for other patient’s needs.
Al-Dweik, G., & Ahmad, M. (2019). Matching Nursing Assignment to Patients’ Acuity Level: The Road to Nurses’ Satisfaction.Journal of nursing measurement,
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Hi,
What specifically influences the patients’ perceptions of healthcare? What are things that you can do as an individual practitioner to influence their perceptions?
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