Strategies for enhancing the nurse's role in assessing and promoting a patient's decisional capacity.
Bosek
Marcia Sue Dewolf
MS
Department of Adult Health Nursing and Program in Ethics and Department of Religion, Health and Human Values, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA. Marcia_D_Bosek@rush.com
D016223:Advance Directives / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D003142:Communication; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D032962:Consent Forms / Q000941:ethics; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D004282:Documentation / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology; D016743:Mental Competency; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D019727:Proxy / Q000523:psychology; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology