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CEN Practice Exam (Certified Emergency Nurse)

Category - Psychology

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Your patient has been involuntarily admitted the hospital. He has been scheduled for electroconvulsive therapy. The nurse knows that:
  1. Informed consent is not necessary.
  2. The family will need to sign informed consent.
  3. The patient will need to sign informed consent.
  4. The physician will need to sign informed consent.
Explanation
Answer: C - The patient will still need to sign the informed consent for the therapy. The patient is still considered legally competent until declared otherwise. Patients who are admitted involuntarily do not lose their right to informed consent unless they are declared incompetent; then the consent falls to the next of kin.
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