Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing 10th Edition by Shirlee Snyder,Audrey Berman,Geralyn Frandsen

Exercise 1

A female adult client who has been blind since birth is admitted to the surgical unit. She is to have surgery the next morning. The primary care provider has written an order for the client to sign the surgical consent form. The husband is in the client's room when the nurse approaches the client to sign the consent form. The husband says that he will sign for his wife.
What question(s) should the nurse ask before addressing the signing of the form?