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A maternity client is in need of surgery. Which healthcare member is legally responsible for obtaining informed consent for an invasive procedure?
 
  1. The nurse
  2. The physician
  3. The unit secretary
  4. The social worker

Question 2

While teaching a preconception class, the nurse should include which recommendation to decrease the risk of neural tube defects?
 
  1. 500 mg vitamin C every day
  2. 0.4 mg folate every day
  3. 1500 mg calcium every day
  4. 400 IUs vitamin A daily



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Answer to Question 1

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Explanation: 2. Informed consent is a legal concept designed to allow clients to make intelligent decisions regarding their own health care. Informed consent means that a client, or a legally designated decision maker, has granted permission for a specific treatment or procedure based on full information about that specific treatment or procedure as it relates to that client under the specific circumstances of the permission. The individual who is ultimately responsible for the treatment or procedure should provide the information necessary to obtain informed consent. In most instances, this is a physician.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: Vitamin C does not have anything to do with development of neural tube defects.
Rationale 2: Folic acid supplementation prior to conception is recommended, since this decreases the risk of neural tube defects.
Rationale 3: Calcium does nor decrease the risk of neural tube defects.
Rationale 4: Vitamin A does not decrease the risk of neural tube defects.



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