Patients are provided with the information on the models they can anticipate from professional providers of health care and the clients expect this standard to be maintained. The NHS Constitution (2013, p.5) educates patients that nursing profession cherish professionalism and excellence its staff have an obligation to keep up the most elevated guidelines of expert services.
For the purpose of this paper and in order to adhere with the professional code of conduct of NMC, the patient that is being provided with the care will be known as Kara. To protect the patient’s right to confidentially, Kara is pseudonym that is given to the …show more content…
Through obtaining the consent of the patient and their family, it is ensured that the intervention that is being provided or will be provided is selected on agreed terms. As per the standards if any adult that is not mentally challenged and is competent is being touched without the prior permission, they can sue for trespass against that person. Therefore it is necessary for the nurses to gain the consent through the transparent procedure and this also demonstrates their capability and competence as professional. As per Sully & Dallas, (2005), it is better to gain the consent for from the patient in writing because as per the legal perspective, it is the best form. As per the nursing working standards, no specific procedure has been mentioned which should be adopted by the nurses to get the consent of the patient. Considering this, the student nurses repeated the method of treatment which they will adopt for Kara for which Kara’s sister gave her verbal consent to