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Patient Advocacy: A Closer Look

Diversity Nursing

Informed Consent Informed consent is the process by which Nurses, as the representatives of the healthcare team, provide patients with a complete understanding of the details, risks, benefits, and alternatives of a proposed medical treatment, procedure, or intervention before giving consent.

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The Language of Serious Illness: A Podcast with Sunita Puri, Bob Arnold, and Jacqueline Kruser

GeriPal

I felt like I was always told to present people with a buffet of options and, really, without guidance, ask them to choose, which is, it would always make me feel sick to my stomach. And I worry, I’m not sure that appealing to, we haven’t engaged in complete informed consent if we haven’t done this.

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Wash. Federal Judge Pokes Hole in New Wave of Vaccine Mandate Challenges

Healthcare Law Insights blog

The thrust of these cases is that COVID vaccines were necessarily “investigational” and, therefore, vaccine mandates subjected individuals to “medical research” without their informed consent. As a result, the court dismissed all claims against Gov.

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ER Nurse Follows Protocol, Avoids Negligence Lawsuit

Nurse.com

He also alleged lack of informed consent to treatment by a student PA and the negligent infliction of emotional distress. Here, the plaintiff did not present any factual evidence to support his allegations against the defendants, including the ER nurse. However, the claim must be backed with factual evidence in order to prevail.

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Surgical Communication: A Podcast with Gretchen Schwarze, Justin Clapp and Alexis Colley

GeriPal

I love this series of articles because each presents a component of a practical, patient-centered approach to patient-surgeon communication and decision making, and language surgeons (and surgical trainees) can start using in their next patient visit. Gretchen: Absolutely. And I think it came out of this good space. Gretchen: Yeah.

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New DAISY Ethics Award Celebrates Nurses’ Integrity

Nurse.com

When you’re a nurse, every shift presents the possibility that an ethical dilemma will emerge. Informed consent to treatment. Now, there’s an award that acknowledges and celebrates nurses who demonstrate solid ethical practice. Common ethical issues discussed in research and news reports include: Safeguarding patients’ rights.

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Analysis of U.S. Food and Drug Administration Draft Guidance on Clinical Trials with Psychedelic Drugs

Healthcare Law Insights blog

Clinical FDA believes that the characteristics of psychedelic drugs present challenges in designing adequate and well-controlled (AWC) clinical studies. For one, the use of an inert placebo may present a challenge.