Question

When a patient lets you know verbally that he or she is willing to accept

treatment, you have received
A. implied consent.
B. expressed consent.
OC. consent for a minor.
D. patient refusal.

Answer 1

Expressed consent, option B

Step-by-step explanation:

Expressed consent is the vocalization by a patient that they are informed about a procedure, intervention, or treatment presented by a medical professional and are willing to accept.

There is not enough information given to assume the patient is underaged, thus the statement cannot fit the description of consent for a minor. The verbalization of accepting a treatment is the opposite of a patient refusal, though the patient is free to refuse treatment at any time during its course of action. Lastly, implied consent does not involve the patient's verbalization; rather, the patient must not be able to explicitly grant permissions for treatments for implied consent to potentially apply -- think sudden cardiac arrest necessitating cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); the patient cannot consent to chest compressions if they are unconscious.

Therefore, a patient letting you know verbally that they are willing to accept treatment closest matches expressed consent, option B.