What about informed consent for nursing interventions?
Although we normally don’t obtain written consent for nursing interventions, such as holistic care using mind-body practices or spiritual therapeutics, we still must assure patients’ informed consent.
A critical topic we discuss frequently in Journal of Christian Nursing is spiritual care. How do we assess for spiritual needs and appropriately respond? What ethical guidelines must be followed when offering spiritual care? A comprehensive article discussing informed, ethical, and non-coercive spiritual care that could be applied to other holistic nursing interventions is, “Spiritual Care: Evangelism at the Bedside?,”by nurse researcher and spiritual care expert, Elizabeth Johnston Taylor. Take a look at this free article and discover principles for ethical nursing interventions.
This Nurses Week, remember that informed consent is a way of nursing each of us needs to live out as we offer our patients ethical practice and quality nursing care!