A nurse is caring for a client with cancer. The client tells the nurse that a lawyer will be arriving today to prepare a living will. The client asks the nurse to act as one of the witnesses for the will. The most appropriate nursing action is to:
a. Agree to act as witness.
b. Refuse to help the client.
c. Infirm the client that a nurse caring for a client cannot serve as a witness to a living will.
d. Call the physician.
The answer is c. Inform the client that a nurse caring for a client cannot serve as a witness to a living will.
RATIONALE
A living will addresses the withdrawal or withholding of life sustaining interventions that unnaturally prolong life . It identifies the client who will make care decisions if the client is unable to take action.
It is witnessed and signed by two people who are unrelated to the client. Nurses or employees of a facility in which the client is receiving care and beneficiaries of the client must not serve as a witness.
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