Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.
Consent, Informed
D009871
Operating Room Nursing
The functions of the professional nurse in the operating room.
Nursing, Operating Room
D010344
Patient Advocacy
Promotion and protection of the rights of patients, frequently through a legal process.
The principles of proper professional conduct concerning the rights and duties of nurses themselves, their patients, and their fellow practitioners, as well as their actions in the care of patients and in relations with their families.
Nursing Ethics,Ethic, Nursing,Nursing Ethic
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man