This assignment aims to examine what consent is, why it is something of such importance and the ways in which it affects practice in both the Adult and Child fields of nursing. Consent is the process in which a person gives their permission before they receive any type of medical treatment or examination (NHS Choices website), no form of care can be given without consent. Although consent may appear to be a straightforward concept, there are many different types of consent and obtaining consent from a patient is not always simple. Multiple considerations must be taken into account, such as; age, whether they have mental capacity to consent, whether they were provided with sufficient information to give informed consent etc. (Lynch, 2011). Gaining
