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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
book Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher cover

Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
Exercise 17
The nurse asks a preoperative patient to sign a surgical consent form as specified by the surgeon and then signs the form after the patient does so.By this action, what is the nurse doing?
A) Witnessing the patient's signature
B) Obtaining informed consent from the patient for the surgery
C) Verifying that the consent for surgery is truly voluntary and informed
D) Ensuring that the patient is mentally competent to sign the consent form
Explanation
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