hard · NCLEX-RN Management of Care
The nurse is reviewing the documentation for a client who was admitted under the emergency-consent exception. Which of the following entries are appropriate documentation safeguards? Select all that apply.
- "Backdated the consent form to the time of arrival to ensure the record looks complete."
- "Consent was implied because the client seemed like a nice person who would want to live."
- "Surgeon invoked emergency exception based on imminent threat to life; documented in progress note at 1430."
- "Client regained consciousness at 1800; informed of emergency procedures performed and provided opportunity for questions."
- "Client arrived unconscious; BP 70/40 mm Hg; immediate surgery required to control hemorrhage; no surrogate found after two calls to listed emergency contact."
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