QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔if it's not documented it - ✔✔didn't happen
✔✔in informed consent, the nurse acts as - ✔✔witness
✔✔in informed consent, the patient is - ✔✔competent, comprehends, voluntary
✔✔in informed consent, the provider is - ✔✔ultimately responsible, disclosure
✔✔cycle of informed consent - ✔✔disclosure, comprehension, competence,
voluntariness
✔✔role of the nurse in malpractice - ✔✔defendant, fact witness, expert witness
✔✔all 4 of these items must be established to sue for malpractice - ✔✔duty
breach of duty
causation
damages
✔✔common malpractice allegations - ✔✔failure to ensure patient safety
failure to follow procedure