Abstract
This nursing informed policy brief: (1) presents a policy issue concerning to patient safety and informed consent of false, deceptive, and misleading marketing of nonsurgical medical aesthetic devices, (2) overviews a focused background, context, and the current regulatory scheme relevant to marketing medical devices and of informed consent in the United States, (3) offers a balanced critique of viable policy alternatives for addressing the issue, and (4) advances a recommendation for a policy solution of increased formal education for health care professionals on recognizing and responding to false, deceptive, and misleading marketing of medical devices through adaptation of an existing awareness and outreach program. The nursing perspective is applied and implications for nursing education, practice, and research are discussed. Importantly, the present political climate is favorable for addressing this pressing policy issue.
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