A nurse is assessing factors that may influence a patient's decision-making ability. Which assessment by the nurse would provide the most useful information?
a. Financial ability to pay for care
b. How long the patient has to decide
c. The patient's current pain level
d. What information is available
C
Constraints to autonomy include patient variables that affect the person's capacity to make choices. Factors such as pain, cognitive ability, and fatigue can all influence this.
Financial ability to pay for health care does not have an effect on autonomy.
How long the patient has to decide should not affect the patient's ability to make decisions. The patient may or may not have enough information to make an informed decision, but this does not affect the personal abilities to choose.
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