2007-06-07 08:25:20 · 11 answers · asked by kitty 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
a competent patient has a right to refuse. if you proceed against their will, that's battery by legal definition, and you could be prosecuted if the patient pressed charges. so don't do it unless the patient has been declared incompetent.
2007-06-08 05:13:57 · answer #1 · answered by belfus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with everyone else. I do not draw the patient unless they consent. If they refuse, I let the nurse know that the patient is refusing treatment and they will notify the doctor. Sometimes I will speak with the patient, and if I just need to do a cbc or something like that, I will see if they will allow a fingerstick. It is less threatening and I am able to build some trust with the patient. Usually they will allow me to draw them the next time.
2007-06-08 13:15:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a patient bill of rights that all health care providers must follow.
One of those rights is the right to refuse care.
A phlebotomist should honor that right, make a note of the refusual, and inform the doctor why the blood was not drawn.
2007-06-07 15:57:11 · answer #3 · answered by Sharon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unless the patient has been declared incompetent to refuse that procedure, you note that the patient refused, and go about your business.
It then becomes the ordering physician's problem.
No competent patient can be forced ot have a procedure against his/her will (children excepted). People are allowed to make their own decisions, even if they are the wrong decisions.
2007-06-07 18:47:15 · answer #4 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the patient is competent, he has the right to refuse. There should be a policy where you work to tell you what documentation is needed and to whom you should report the refusal. In most hospitals, that would be the RN responsible for that patient, at least on inpatients. If you haven't yet read your policy and procedure manual, at least notify your supervisor and ask for guidance.
2007-06-07 18:05:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our policy is to get the patient's nurse to talk to the patient to see if they will consent. If the patient does not consent, they are not drawn.
2007-06-07 23:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by KaseyT33 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im a phlebotomist and if someone refuses to let me take their blood i at first try to reassure them and convince them to let me, depending on how busy the clinic is, and if they still refuse i just let them go. its not like im going to hold an adult down to draw blood. lol
2007-06-08 15:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by Michael 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing, unless u want to have legal complications
2007-06-07 23:39:11 · answer #8 · answered by einsteinliam2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't draw their blood ... thet rights of the patient should prevail
2007-06-07 15:28:32 · answer #9 · answered by atheistforthebirthofjesus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Record the fact and move on.
2007-06-07 15:32:01 · answer #10 · answered by Helmut 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋