A local celebrity is admitted to hospital following rupture of the appendix. The charge nurse submits an incident report if which individual accesses the patient’s chart?

The nurse is caring for a patient of apparently sound mind who has a chronic severe wound infection on his forearm. Amputation of the limb below the elbow is the recommended course of treatment for this patient, but he refuses to allow the procedure. Despite an understanding of the risks and benefits of the procedure as well as of refusing the procedure, the patient refuses the amputation. Which management is the most appropriate?

The nurse caring for the patient with rheumatoid arthritis who is scheduled for an operation under general anesthesia advocates for which test prior to the procedure?