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NCLEX-RN

Category - Care Management

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A client asks the nurse about advance directives. Which of the following responses is accurately made by the nurse?
  1. “Creating a formal advance directive is recommended to adults with serious illnesses. A young person in good health does not need an advanced directive.”
  2. “Once you have created an advance directive, you cannot make your own health care decisions.”
  3. “Advance directives can be created without the assistance of a lawyer.”
  4. “An advance directive notarized in another state cannot be honored in any other state.”
Explanation
Answer: C - The medical power of attorney and the living will can be created without the assistance of a lawyer. Any adult can create an advance directive. Advance directives do not become effective until the client is incapable of deciding on his or her own. A client who is mentally sound can make his or her own decisions. An advanced directive notarized in another state can be honored in any state.
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