The patient is scheduled for a heterograft to cover a burn wound. How would the nurse explain the source of this graft?
1. "This graft is made from pigskin.".
2. "This graft is from a living donor.".
3. "This is a cadaver graft.".
4. "This graft will be taken from a nonburned area on your body.".
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Rationale 1: Heterografts are made with tissue from another species, such as pigskin.
Rationale 2: Living donor grafts are allografts.
Rationale 3: Cadaver grafts are allografts.
Rationale 4: Grafts taken from the patient are autografts.
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