When the Nurse Discovers That the Patient's Consent Form for an Invasive

question 32

Multiple Choice

When the nurse discovers that the patient's consent form for an invasive procedure was transcribed incorrectly, the nurse should:

• A) cross out the incorrect information and write error, and then write in the correct information.
• B) destroy the incorrect form and write a new one correctly.
• C) cross out the entire form, but leave it in the medical record as a permanent record.
• D) notify the primary care provider of the error and clarify what the primary care provider prefers to be done.

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Definitions:

Lobe-Finned Fish

A group of fishes characterized by fleshy, lobed, paired fins, which are precursors to the limbs of terrestrial vertebrates.

Paraphyletic Clade

A group of organisms that includes an ancestral species and some, but not all, of its descendants.

Tetrapods

Vertebrate animals with four limbs, or descent from such organisms, including amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds.

Lobe-Finned Fish

A group of fish characterized by fleshy, lobed, paired fins, which are precursors to the limbs of land vertebrates.