A nurse working as part of a transplantation team is conducting a group education session. A client waiting for a heart transplant asks why he cannot stay in his rural home to wait
He knows someone who had a kidney transplant and stayed in the same local area waiting for his transplant. The best response by the nurse would be a. "Because of confidentiality rules, I can't talk about your friend's experience."
b. "How long ago did that occur?"
c. "Different transplant centers have different requirements."
d. "Each organ's viability time is different. Kidneys can last longer than hearts."
D
Viability times for donated organs vary. Standard periods after organ recovery are as follows: for kidney, 48 to 72 hours; for heart, 4 to 5 hours; for lung, 4 to 6 hours; for liver, 24 to 30 hours; and for pancreas, 24 hours.
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