Patient Comprehension Of Informed Consent
SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY
Health and Human Sciences
ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET
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Student Name:
Dianne Brown
Student ID No.:
22400970
Unit Name:
Discipline of Nursing
Unit Code:
NRS10731
Tutor’s name:
June
Assignment No.:
2
Assignment Title:
Annotated Bibliography 2015
Due date:
27th March 2015
Date submitted:
27th March 2015
Declaration: Dianne Brown
I have read and understand the Rules relating to Awards …show more content…
The article extensively explores all aspects and issues involved in obtaining valid informed consent, including factors that may affect a patient’s comprehension, such as low educational levels, language barriers, age and culture.
Overall, the article appears to assist in understanding key concepts associated with valid informed consent, through ensuring a patient’s comprehension.
RELEVANCE
Information contained in this article is highly relevant and useful in adequately understanding the legal and ethical requirements of a patient’s comprehension of informed consent.
As Health professionals, our professional guidelines require us to act in the best interest of the patient and to seek, obtain, and understand the importance of informed consent (HPC 2008a,b)
Standard 2.2 of the nurse practioner standards for practice (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia [NMBA], 2014) highlights an individuals rights in making an informed decision and respecting this right while making sure they are provided with information that is accurate and interpreted in an understanding …show more content…
Although the article is from authors in Israel, it is still relevant to health care context within Australia.
Overall, the article is well informed and provides a thorough example and understanding of an important conflict that may be faced by any health care worker within their scope of duty.
RELEVANCE
Information contained in this article is highly relevant and useful in adequately understanding the process of decision making when faced with the conflict of a child patient in the medical decision making process. It is appears to be helpful with providing understanding of the two important principles, the patient’s best interest and informed consent and in explaining the importance of the nurse’s role and the ethical-problem solving that is involved.
The Nurse’s code of Ethics, Value Statement three, which explains that nurses value the diversity of people, and Statement Two, which explains that Nurses value respect and kindness for self and others, is highly relevant to the conflict in this article.
(Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australian [NMBA], 2008). .
Health and Human Sciences
ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET
For use with online submission of assignments via Turnitin
Please complete all of the following details and then make this sheet the first page of your assignment – do not send it as a separate document.
Your assignments must be submitted as either Word documents (with .doc extension, or .docx). Do not submit your assignment in a PDF file.
Student Name:
Dianne Brown
Student ID No.:
22400970
Unit Name:
Discipline of Nursing
Unit Code:
NRS10731
Tutor’s name:
June
Assignment No.:
2
Assignment Title:
Annotated Bibliography 2015
Due date:
27th March 2015
Date submitted:
27th March 2015
Declaration: Dianne Brown
I have read and understand the Rules relating to Awards …show more content…
The article extensively explores all aspects and issues involved in obtaining valid informed consent, including factors that may affect a patient’s comprehension, such as low educational levels, language barriers, age and culture.
Overall, the article appears to assist in understanding key concepts associated with valid informed consent, through ensuring a patient’s comprehension.
RELEVANCE
Information contained in this article is highly relevant and useful in adequately understanding the legal and ethical requirements of a patient’s comprehension of informed consent.
As Health professionals, our professional guidelines require us to act in the best interest of the patient and to seek, obtain, and understand the importance of informed consent (HPC 2008a,b)
Standard 2.2 of the nurse practioner standards for practice (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia [NMBA], 2014) highlights an individuals rights in making an informed decision and respecting this right while making sure they are provided with information that is accurate and interpreted in an understanding …show more content…
Although the article is from authors in Israel, it is still relevant to health care context within Australia.
Overall, the article is well informed and provides a thorough example and understanding of an important conflict that may be faced by any health care worker within their scope of duty.
RELEVANCE
Information contained in this article is highly relevant and useful in adequately understanding the process of decision making when faced with the conflict of a child patient in the medical decision making process. It is appears to be helpful with providing understanding of the two important principles, the patient’s best interest and informed consent and in explaining the importance of the nurse’s role and the ethical-problem solving that is involved.
The Nurse’s code of Ethics, Value Statement three, which explains that nurses value the diversity of people, and Statement Two, which explains that Nurses value respect and kindness for self and others, is highly relevant to the conflict in this article.
(Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australian [NMBA], 2008). .