You are caring for a patient who needs to go to surgery. The patient is unable to sign consent due to narcotic analgesic administration. Who should sign the consent for surgery?
A)The family members should provide consent, and two witnesses will be necessary.
B)A court order will be needed.
C)The patient should go to surgery without consent.
D)The hospital chaplain should sign consent.

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The nurse should call the family and get consent for the procedure. The nurse will need to have two witnesses available to sign. In emergency cases the physician is allowed to take a patient to surgery without consent if every effort has been made to contact the family.

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