Drag each action in an interpreted procedural-consent encounter to the team member with primary responsibility.
Matrix Multiple Choice
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Explanation
The procedural clinician explains the procedure, material risks, benefits, alternatives, and answers procedure-specific questions. The RN verifies voluntariness and completion, witnesses the signature if policy permits, and stops the process when questions, coercion, sedation, or capacity concerns arise. The qualified interpreter accurately and impartially conveys the full exchange without replacing the clinician's explanation.
Quick answer Clinician explains; RN verifies and protects the process; qualified interpreter conveys accurately.
Why this is correct A signature alone is not informed consent. The client needs understandable information, voluntariness, capacity, and an opportunity to ask questions. Language assistance protects rather than transfers the client's decision-making authority.
NCLEX decision rule If the client asks a new procedure-specific question or appears coerced, confused, or impaired, pause and notify the procedural clinician. Never ask the interpreter to independently explain clinical risks or decide what can be omitted.
References
1HHS Section 1557 language-access guidance
2NCSBN 2026 NCLEX-RN Test PlanInformed consent and client rights
Procedural consent with language assistanceAn adult with decision-making capacity prefers Spanish. The facility uses a qualified medical interpreter. The procedural clinician, RN, and interpreter each retain a distinct role; facility policy governs signature witnessing.
Informed Consent — A voluntary decision made by a person with capacity after understandable disclosure of relevant risks, benefits, and alternatives.
Decision-Making Capacity — The ability to understand relevant information, appreciate consequences, reason about options, and communicate a choice.
Voluntariness — A consent condition in which the person's choice is made without coercion or improper pressure.