LWS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Primum Non Nocere, Cultural Practice, Language Interpretation
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Step 1 identify the issues and collect information. Is it ethical for megan to obtain tom"s consent and transfer him within 3 hours. Megan, tom, surgeons, tom"s family, sue, tom"s community. Value statement - element 1 - nurse and people. Nurses provide sufficient information to permit informed consent to nursing and/or medical care and the right to choose or refuse treatment. Value statement element 4- nurses and co- workers. Nurses (cid:272)reate a(cid:449)are(cid:374)ess of the pote(cid:374)tial for i(cid:374)terdis(cid:272)ipli(cid:374)ar(cid:455) tension and create strategies for conflict managements. Nurses develop mechanisms to safeguard the individual, family or community when their care is endangered by health care personnel. To work with sue, tom, family, community, need to respect sue"s knowledge. Tom may need more time to make a decision about his health care. Provide relevant information about the procedures, its risk and benefits an a way the patient can understand. Competent adult can consent or refuse consent to treatment.
