Your 79-year-old client awaiting discharge from the hospital notifies you that their adult daughter has arrived to provide a ride home. When providing the discharge instructions to the client, you note the adult daughter is unkempt, lacks eye contact, and has an unusual odor present.

Initial Discussion Post:

• Identify the priority nursing intervention the RN should apply to this scenario and explain your rationale.
• Using the model for critical thinking, describe two thinking processes the RN can use to support critical thinking in this complex scenario.