A nurse is required to provide all information specific to a prescribed treatment, and offer the chance to ask questions or share concerns before requesting a signature on a consent form to which client?

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Informed consent is a focused communication process in which you provide all relevant information related to a procedure or treatment, offering full opportunity for discussion, questions, and expressions of concern, before asking the patient or health care agent to sign a legal consent form. Unless there is a life-threatening emergency, all patients have the right to decide about whether to consent. Only legally competent adults can give legal consent; adults who are mentally retarded, developmentally disabled, or cognitively impaired cannot give legal consent. Evaluation of competency is made on an individual basis (e.g., an individual under the influence of alcohol (0.10% or above is considered illegally drunk, in the case of emancipated adolescents no longer under their parent's control, brain-injured patients, or those with early dementia) to determine the extent to which they understand what they are signing.

A Nurse Is Required to Provide All Information Specific to a Prescribed