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NCLEX-RN Flashcards: Advance Directives And Surrogate Decision Making

Study Advance Directives And Surrogate Decision Making in NCLEX-RN with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

Which standard is used when the patient's wishes are unknown and cannot be inferred?

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ANSWER

Best-interest standard. Without known wishes, the best-interest standard provides an objective framework to evaluate benefits, burdens, and quality of life for decision-making.

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A 57-year-old client is found unresponsive at home and is admitted with an intracranial hemorrhage. The client has a wallet card stating a health care proxy, but the proxy cannot be reached; the client's neighbor arrives and offers to make decisions. Current assessment: blood pressure 176/96 mm Hg, heart rate 62/min, irregular respirations, Glasgow Coma Scale score 6. How should the nurse proceed if the surrogate decision-maker is unavailable?
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