The Patient Is on a Ventilator and Has a Heartbeat,but

question 30

Multiple Choice

The patient is on a ventilator and has a heartbeat,but is brain dead.What should the nurse do?

• A) Provide a private area to discuss organ donation.
• B) Explain that as long as the heart is beating, the patient is alive.
• C) Inform the family that the organs will be harvested when he is off the ventilator.
• D) Stress the importance of leaving the patient on the ventilator to harvest the corneas.

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