A 19-year-old client is admitted to the Emergency Department after a severe motor vehicle accident. The client's driver's license has an organ donation code specified. The nurse explains to the family that:
1. The client will have organs harvested within 24 hours.
2. The client must experience heart–lung death before organs can be harvested.
3. The client is too young to become an organ donor.
4. The presence of two electroencephalograms showing no brain activity over 24 hours is required prior to declaration of death.
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Rationale: The client will not have the organ donation process started without specific criteria being met.
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