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Importance of Valid Consent - Essay

   

Added on  2020-02-18

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Running head: NURSING ASSIGNMENTNursing Assignment- Valid consentName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note

1NURSING ASSIGNMENTIn healthcare, valid consent is an essential component where the healthcare providerdiscloses information to a patient who is competent enough to make voluntary choice inaccepting or refusing treatment. It is the legal and ethical rights of a patient to know and directwhat happens to their body However, there are various forms of barrier that is witnessed ingetting a valid consent from the patient. In the given case study, Lalah Khalili, a 14-year-old girlis suspected with post-traumatic stress disorder and to give her a mild sedative, conduct and ECGand take a blood test, a valid informed consent is required. However, she is a minor and lackjudgment power to make able decisions for her. In such cases, her parents have to provide a validconsent, but they have limited English ability. Therefore, the following essay deals with thediscussion of importance of valid consent, barriers for the valid consent and solutions for gettingthe valid consent. A person who has the capacity to make effective decisions about a specific issue givesvalid consent and free from any influence or manipulation that might alter the decisions made asstated by Queensland Health, Australia (Queensland Health, 2013). When a transparent decisionis made between the patient and healthcare professional, it offers balance and sensitivity to thesituation. Information must be given to the patient or any reasonable person who can makereasonable valid consent in the patient’s position. Impaired informed consent leads to 11.5% ofconciliated complaints and 3.4% of medical negligence in the valid consent process (Grady,2015). Moreover, a person who is minor (below 18 years of age) is considered minor andrequires parents or a legal guardian to provide valid consent on behalf of the child’s treatment.However, under the Australian Law, teenagers are recognized as competent to provide informedconsent for themselves, as they get older. Parents and their minor children hold concurrent rights

2NURSING ASSIGNMENTin providing consent for treatment for minor patients below the age of 18 years. There is varioustype of consent like implied, verbal and written form. In the given case study, although Lalah Khalili has the ability to make decisions forherself, it should be taken under the vigilance of her parents. In healthcare, nurses have theresponsibility to work within the law that shape their nursing practice. Under Registered NurseStandards for Practice in Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), valid consent isan ethical and legal obligation. Failure to obtain a valid consent is considered a criminal offenceand tort of law (Cashin et al., 2017). They have the obligation to work under ethical frameworkswhen they make efficient decisions during assessment, planning, action and evaluation. In thegiven case study, before the administration of mild sedative, conduction of ECG and blood test, avalid informed consent is important to obtain. However, there are barriers witnessed in thissituation that will be discussed in the next section.A nurse should take care of the fact that the patient is providing her consent to thetreatment procedures voluntarily and without any coercion feelings. She should be able tounderstand the intervention elements and make a necessary choice for receiving the intervention.However, one major issue that occurs in obtaining valid consent of minors in health interventionis the disruption of balance between the vulnerability and immaturity of the minor and the rightto get emancipated from parent’s decisions. The physicians and nurses are not supposed toassume that a patient lacks the capacity of providing consent based on her behavior, age,appearance, disability, beliefs, literacy or socioeconomic status, or mental health condition (suchas post traumatic stress disorder). Age influences, language barriers and mental stigma canhinder effective communication between the nurse and the patient while obtaining consent. Thenurses should take care of the fact that valid consent will have to be provided to the patient,

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