medium · NCLEX-RN Management of Care
A client scheduled for an emergency appendectomy is intoxicated and unable to provide coherent answers. No family members are present.
What is the RN's most appropriate action regarding consent?
- Wait for the client's blood alcohol level to reach 0 mg/dL before obtaining consent.
- Proceed with the emergency surgery using the principle of implied consent.
- Administer an IV bolus of 0.9% NS to quickly sober the client for signature.
- Ask the client's roommate, who brought them to the ED, to sign the consent form.
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