RN Exam Practice
Management of CareQuestion 273 of 2368

A client's living will does not address a new situation that has arisen, and the client can no longer speak. Who should make the decision?

  1. The nurse caring for the client
  2. The hospital's ethics committee alone
  3. The health care power of attorney
  4. The client's closest neighbor
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Correct answer: The health care power of attorney

A living will cannot cover every possible circumstance, so the health care power of attorney decides outside its scope.

Source: Nursing Fundamentals, 2nd edition (Open RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 2024), Grief and Loss: DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE ORDERS AND ADVANCE DIRECTIVES. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026