A 90-year-old client diagnosed with major depression is suddenly experiencing sleep disturbances, inability to focus, poor recent memory, altered perceptions, and disorientation to time and place. Lab...

A 90-year-old client diagnosed with major depression is suddenly experiencing sleep disturbances, inability to focus, poor recent memory, altered perceptions, and disorientation to time and place. Lab results indicate the client has a urinary tract infection (UTI) and dehydration. After explaining the situation and giving the background and assessment data, the nurse should make which of the following recommendations to the client's primary health care provider?

1. A prescription to place the client in restraints.

2. A reevaluation of the client's mental status.

3. The transfer of the client to a medical unit.

4. A transfer of the client to a nursing home.