An 18-year-old client is brought to the emergency department (ED) by emergency medical services after sustaining life-threatening injuries in an automobile accident. The client is unconscious and requires an emergency splenectomy. A nurse in the ED assists in quickly preparing the client for surgery and tries to contact the client's parents but is unsuccessful. In regard to informed consent for the surgery:
A. The nurse understands that consent is not needed
B. The nurse will contact the hospital clergy to provide informed consent
C. The nurse will sign informed consent on behalf of the client and ask another nurse to witness the signature
D. The nurse will prepare the client to undergo mechanical ventilation until the client's parents can be contacted
Answer: A. The nurse understands that consent is not needed
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