The nurse is caring for a young adult who is dying after an automobile accident. The family members want to donate the client's organs and ask the nurse how the decision when death has occurred is made. Which of the following is the basis for the nurses'response to the family in this situation?

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Death is the permanent loss of capacity for consciousness and all brain stem functions. This may result from permanent cessation of circulation or catastrophic brain injury. In the context of death determination, permanent refers to loss of function that cannot resume spontaneously and will not be restored through intervention. The other descriptions describe other clinical manifestations associated with death but are insufficient to declare a client brain dead.

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