You are the nurse manager of a medical surgical floor. An intellectually disabled patient is admitted accompanied by her sister.
The patient lives with the sister, and the sister takes care of her activities of daily living. The sister claims to be the health care proxy but states that the HCP document was lost.
She requests that another one be completed. The HCP would be invoked immediately as the patient is unable to make a decision.
In 2 paragraphs, Is it okay to have the patient execute a HCP?
In 2 paragraphs explain Why?