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An Aspect of The law : Law Assignment

   

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................11. Aspects of law applicable .......................................................................................................12. Role of Nurses in context of law.............................................................................................23. Difficult decision to be made and Issues raised for Nursing.................................................3CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4
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INTRODUCTIONNurses are integral part of the health care sectors as they are the one who indulge inproviding care and support services along with the doctors. There are different aspects of lawwhich affect the making and role of the nurses defining the duties and responsibilities towardspatients. In the present reports two acts that is mental act and human rights' act are discussed.Both the laws are essential and defines the rights of patient and roles and duties nurses mustabide with. Along with this various aspects of these two laws is presented which effects thedecision of the nurses, specifically in context of consent from the patients. MAIN BODY1. Aspects of law applicable Mental Capacity Act, 2005: Consent: it means to take approval from a person and in context of nurses can be definedas taking prior approval from the patients in relation to the treatment they are willing to takefrom a hospital or clinic (Marrone, 2016). The validity of consent is set as it must be informedand voluntary and person consenting must have capacity to make decision.Valid informed consent: Legally it means that he patient, his or her family or surrogatesate informed about the risk, benefits and alternatives to a treatment (Informed consent,2018). Asper the Nursing and Midwifery council's code (NMC), nurses have a legal duty to ensure thatthey obtain informed consents from patient before carrying out any intervention or treatment.Mental capacity and Rights of a person to accept or reject treatments: Principlesunderpinned the UK mental health and capacity legislation defines capacity to make decision as,adults are presumed to have an ability about the decision whether to agree or to refuse any aspecttheir care, supports or treatment. A person is said to lacks mental capacity when there isimpairment or disturbance in the functioning of mind or brain of the individual.The consent can be in different form:Verbal: this is in from of dialogues and not written on parers and signed by the patient.In general this is as valid as written consent and is generally in oral approval to carry on withcare, investigation or treatment.Non verbal: the consequent can be non verbal as well, this is generally in form ofgestures which is given by patient after they are provided with full and valid information.1
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