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SVMIC Advanced Practice Provider Collaboration: Assessing the Risk

Along the same lines, avoid generic forms. As an example –

mentioned before, a hospital’s boilerplate consent form typically
does not include the risks unique to the procedure being

performed and may not accurately reflect your discussion with
the patient.

While the most serious risks for a procedure may be rare,
it is important to include those in your discussion and

documentation as well. If a lawsuit results from a consent issue,
juries may factor in the patient’s willingness to accept the

possibility of infection, bleeding, injuries to adjacent organs,
sexual dysfunction, paralysis, blindness, and death/injury when

weighing the patient’s allegation that they would not have
undergone a procedure or taken the medication if they had

known about a less significant complication.

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