
A patient tells a nurse,"My children had me ruled incompetent.I'm going to ask the doctor to reverse that ruling." The nurse's reply should be based on the fact that:
A) incompetency may only be reversed by a court.
B) competency is automatically restored upon discharge from the hospital.
C) being declared incompetent is associated with specific medical diagnoses.
D) competency is not a major issue since it does not interfere with the right to vote, marry, and divorce.
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