A nurse is evaluating a newly licensed nurse's understanding of advance directives. The newly licensed nurse should identify that which of the following individuals is responsible for deciding whether a client is capable of making their own decisions regarding medical treatment?

A. Primary provider: The primary provider is responsible for assessing a client’s capacity to make their own medical decisions. They determine whether the client is able to understand the nature of their condition and the treatment options available. B. Charge nurse: While the charge nurse plays an important role in overseeing nursing care and ensuring proper communication, the decision about whether a client is capable of making their own medical decisions falls to the primary provider, not the charge nurse. C. Health care surrogate: A health care surrogate is an individual designated to make medical decisions for a client when they are unable to do so themselves. However, the primary provider is responsible for determining if the client has the capacity to make decisions before a surrogate is involved. D. Social worker: Social workers provide support and assistance with advance directives and decision-making, but the responsibility for evaluating whether the client can make medical decisions lies with the primary provider, not the social worker.