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A patient wants to donate organs after cardiac death. One hour after the withdrawal of life support the patient continues to breathe shallowly and has a slow heartbeat. What is the nurse's most appropriate response?
1. Call the patient's doctor to reintubate the patient.
2. Update the organ retrieval team that death is imminent.
3. Maintain hemodynamic stability to perfuse the donor's organs.
4. Allow death to occur naturally without organ donation.
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Understanding the Essentials of Critical Care Nursing

Understanding the Essentials of Critical Care Nursing


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Your rationale is what helped me understand it, I appreciate the thorough answer
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Great feedback, I figured what's the point of answering without an explanation
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