A client is admitted to the hospital. The graduate nurse is completing a nursing assessment and asks the client if he has an advanced directive. The client responds that he doesn't know what an advanced directive is. The registered nurse preceptor would intervene if she heard the graduate nurse inform the client that an advance directive is:
a) A legal document completed by the physician to withhold food and fluids in clients with severe brain injuries
b) A legal document, made by the client when he is healthy, that directs others to follow the client's wishes if he is incapacitated
c) A legal opinion, instituted by the physician alone, to give the client "do not resuscitate" (DNR) status.
d) A legal document that is commonly referred to as a living will and recognized in all North America.
Ans: c) A legal opinion, instituted by the physician alone, to give the client "do not resuscitate" (DNR) status.
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