A patient has been informed by her physician that she requires emergency surgery. The patient tells the nurse, "I will have the surgery after I attend my family vacation." Which of the following is the most appropriate mutual goal for the patient?

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Nurse-patient relationships are designed to empower patients and families to assume as much responsibility as possible in self-management of chronic illness. Both nurse and patient have responsibilities and work toward agreed-upon goals. Shared knowledge, mutual decision-making power, and respect for the capacities of patient to actively contribute to his or her health care to whatever extent is possible are active components. The patient always has the right to choose the course of action, even if it does not coincide with medical advice. If the patient takes a leave of absence from her work schedule, it is not a mutual goal. Setting the goal of having the patient check her blood pressure four times a day does not address the issue from the patient perspective.

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