Mental Capacity In Nursing

In affiliation with the mental capacity act (2005) it is enunciated that one lacks capacity if at the quantifiable time, one is impuissant to make a decision for themselves due to an impairment (Mental capacity act, 2005). Ergo, it is regulated by the NMC (2015) that nurses act in the patient’s best interests, in order to do so one is required to be aware of a patient’s mental capacity in order to obtain informed consent before initiating a blood pressure reading. It is also imperative to attain the correct form of consent for the pertinent circumstances (REF).