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Question 1

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?
◦ Maintain hemodynamic stability to perfuse the donor's organs.
◦ Call the patient's doctor to reintubate the patient.
◦ Update the organ retrieval team that death is imminent.
◦ Allow death to occur naturally without organ donation.

Question 2

A patient has become a candidate to donate organs in Town A. Based on the UNOS priority system, which potential recipient would be the best candidate to receive a kidney transplant?
◦ A patient on dialysis with compatible blood type and six matching antigens who lives in Town B (60 miles away)
◦ A patient on dialysis who lives in Town A and has been on the transplant list for 3 years
◦ A patient with acute renal failure, the same blood type, and all matching antigens who lives in Town A
◦ A patient on dialysis who lives in Town B (60 miles away) and has been on the transplant list for 4 years


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