Discussion: Figuring out Capacity

Figuring out Capacity You have been requested to determine decisional capacity on a patient. Please access the peer-reviewed literature to learn about the topic and to assist you in answering important practice questions. In the future, you may need to access the scientific literate to solve clinical problems. This exercise is meant to assist you in answering practice questions through the use peer-reviewed, scientific literature. In the discussion board, please assist your peers in answering these or any relevant clinical questions that may arise with regard to capacity? What is capacity? What are types of capacity? How do you determine capacity? Are there scales or assessment tools and how reliable are they? Who can determine capacity? What current theories on capacity? What are common practice dilemmas associated with determining capacity? Explore the topic. Please cite two articles that you have found to assist with the questions. Be original. If you come across something valuable, interesting, or relevant, please share. No caps in APA journal titles expect proper nouns and first word. All responses or postings are required to be written in a scholarly manner and should not exceed two paragraphs, single spaced. All references must be within the last 5 years and cited correctly in APA style. Please observe conventions of APA style as outlines in chapters two and three of the APA manual. Cite and reference peer-reviewed articles only. Do not cite the APA manual. Do not exclusively "recycle or reuse" your own articles or those of your peers for multiple postings. I am not looking for whether your agree or disagree. I am not interested in opinions. Your posts must be scholarly and in the APA style, not las with journalism or social media.