After assessing an older adult patient in long-term care who has been slowly deteriorating for weeks,the nurse manager calls the family and asks them to come in,as the patient is dying.What is the most likely basis for the nurse manager's request?

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The nurse manager is employing knowledge and experience in determining that the patient is dying,because the course of dying is not standardized and cannot be determined by clinical pathways.

After Assessing an Older Adult Patient in Long-Term Care Who