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Re: Consent for Vag delivery From: Jamie (ajfields@pine-net.com) Tue Jun 6 18:51:00 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Jamie: "Re: Consent for vaginal delivery" Previous message: Meenan, Anna: "Re: Informed consent - bash the USA" In reply to: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: Consent for Vag delivery" Doesn't the provider have a responsibility to inform the patient of risks/potential benefits/alternatives for each potential intervention? Whether they wanted to hear it or not will have little bearing on legal action if they have a complication of one of those interventions. At Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Garry E. Siegel, M.D. wrote: > >However, for what it's worth, if the vaginal delivery consent doesn't >contain episiotomy, forceps, etc., then you might have to get informed >consent in the heat of the moment, when it is hard to do properly. > >Obviously, there has to be some pre-event discussion of the L and D >doings, and this is best done in the office. Furthermore, FWIW, it >seems like a blanket form acknowledging that discussion is proper. > >Some patients will want to discuss things line by line; others won't. > >Garry > >At Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Betsy Hyde wrote: >> >>We do not have informed consents for labor/vaginal delivery. If we >>did, the nurse should not be obtaining the consent (IMO), just as I >>will not obtain consents for TOP, c/section etc. >> >>-- >>Betsy Hyde CNM >>Branford, CT >> >>On Jun 6, 2006, at 4:15 AM, GIN11153@aol.com wrote: >> >>> Vickie, >>> >>> Every L&D unit I have worked on since 1973 has had an admitting >>> consent form-nurse writes in vag delivery, fetal monitoring, IV, >>> newborn care, possible episiotomy/forceps/vacuum extraction. >>> >>> They sign additional consents later on as needed for epidural or >>> c/section. >>> >>> Gail Neuman RNC CPHW SNP LNC >>> student nurse practitioner and student midwife >>> listowner of LegalNurseConsulting@yahoogroups.com >>> certified high risk OB/legal nurse consultant >>> Perinatal Nurse Associates >>> Notary Public/Certified Loan Signing Agent >>> PrePaid Legal Sales Associate >>> Santa Ana, CA >> >-- >Garry E. Siegel, M.D. >Private Practice >Roswell, GA > -- JFields, RN, BSN Next message: Jamie: "Re: Consent for vaginal delivery" Previous message: Meenan, Anna: "Re: Informed consent - bash the USA" In reply to: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: Consent for Vag delivery"

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