ATI RN
ATI Leadership Proctored Exam 2023 Questions
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Client is unconscious with health care surrogate
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A nurse is caring for a client who is unconscious and whose partner is their health care surrogate. The partner wishes to discontinue the client's feeding tube, but another family member tells the nurse that they want the client to continue receiving treatment. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The correct answer is D: As the health care surrogate, the client's partner can make this decision. The rationale for this is that a health care surrogate is designated to make medical decisions on behalf of an incapacitated individual when they are unable to do so themselves. In this scenario, the client's partner is the designated health care surrogate. It is their responsibility to make decisions regarding the client's care, including decisions about discontinuing feeding tubes.
A: Contacting the provider does not address the issue of who has the legal authority to make decisions for the client.
B: Involving the ethics committee is not necessary when there is a designated health care surrogate.
C: While reviewing advance directives is important, the client's partner as the health care surrogate has the authority to make these decisions without the need for the nursing supervisor to review advance directives.
In summary, the correct response is D because the health care surrogate has the legal authority to make decisions for the client in this situation, overriding the
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