The alert and oriented x 4 client who is scheduled for surgery tells the nurse, "I am leaving. I am not having the surgery." The client refuses to wait and speak with the healthcare provider. What is an appropriate action by the nurse?

Ask for a referral for the client to be declared incompetent

Ask the client to sign a form stating that the client is being discharged against medical advice

Have security personnel stationed outside the client’s room to prevent the client from leaving

Request the health care provider to prescribe a medication that would sedate the client