Healthcare Decision-Making

To ensure nurses in acute care:

A. Understand the supporting bioethical and legal principles of informed consent

B. Are able to differentiate between competence and capacity

C. Understand the issues and processes used to assess decisional capacity

D. Can describe the nurse’s role and responsibility as an advocate for the patient’s voice in healthcare decision-making

Health Equity for All Individuals

To facilitate the achievement of HE for all individuals.

General Surgical Care of the Older Adult

To restore physiological stability, prevent complications, maintain safety and comfort, and preserve presurgical functional ability and QOL in older adult surgical patients.

Function-Focused Care (FFC) Interventions

To help nurses collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to implement interventions that maximize the older adult’s functional abilities and performance. This protocol can be used in combination with Protocol Assessment of Physical Function.