Optimizing Informed Consent Process: Key Considerations
Learn about the importance of informed consent in healthcare, including its legal and ethical obligations. Explore topics such as the nature of the procedure, risks and benefits, and alternatives to ensure patients' understanding and voluntary participation. Discover how to overcome barriers to good consenting practices for better patient outcomes.
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For the Love of Consenting PEARLS Lunch Series Ashley Guven, RN & Kaitlin Jones, BSN, RN
Informed Consent A process in which health providers educate a patient about the risks, benefits, and alternatives of a given procedure or intervention. Requirements: Patient/ Family Competency Voluntary Participation Verbalized Understanding 2 Children s Healthcare of Atlanta
Why Do We Consent? Legal and Ethical Obligation Henrietta Lacks Died at 31 from Cervical Cancer Cell Tissue Harvested No consent obtained Johns Hopkins 1951 Permission was not required Was not standard practice 3 Children s Healthcare of Atlanta
HeLa Cell Line Worldwide Research: Cancer AIDS Radiation effects Gene Mapping 4 Children s Healthcare of Atlanta
Consent Conversation Topics to Include: Nature of the procedure Risks and benefits of participating Reasonable alternatives Risks and benefits of the alternative Assessment of patient s understanding 5 Children s Healthcare of Atlanta
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What Went Wrong? Used words that were hard to understand Omitted important study information Coercion 8 Children s Healthcare of Atlanta
Barriers to Good Consenting Language barriers Sensitive situations Mistrust in Medical Systems/Professionals Protocol Time Windows Equipoise 9 Children s Healthcare of Atlanta
Examples of Good Consenting Clear and concise explanation Pause for questions Patient teach-back Interpreting Services 11 Children s Healthcare of Atlanta
The Patients Role in Consenting They must be their own advocate They should clarify anything that is unclear They should ask questions 12 Children s Healthcare of Atlanta
