A patient hands the nurse an advance directive during the admission process. Which of the following should the nurse do?
1. Place the document in the patient's medical record.
2. Read the document and hand it back to the patient.
3. Make a copy of the document and give the copy to the patient.
4. Call social services to collect the document.
Place the document in the patient's medical record.
Rationale: If the patient is submitting an advance directive to a health care provider for the first time, it should be placed in the medical record per policy. The nurse should not read the document and hand it back to the patient. The nurse should not make a copy of the directive and give the copy to the patient. The nurse does not need to contact social services for involvement at this time.
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