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Management Of Care>Advance Directives Surrogate Decision Maker Practice Test

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An unconscious client has a signed healthcare proxy in the electronic record naming the client's sister as the healthcare agent. The client's spouse is insisting on making decisions and other relatives disagree.

Management Of Care>Advance Directives Surrogate Decision Maker Practice Test

Which action should the nurse take to respect the client's rights?

An adult client with severe delirium lacks decision-making capacity. The chart contains a valid advance directive naming the spouse as health care proxy, but the spouse and two adult children disagree about the plan of care. Which action should the nurse take to respect the client's rights?

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