The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with Severe Neurological

The nurse is caring for a patient with severe neurological impairment following a massive stroke.The physician has ordered tests to determine brain death.The nurse understands that criteria for brain death include

A) absence of cerebral blood flow.
B) absence of brainstem reflexes on neurological examination.
C) Cheyne-Stokes respirations.
D) flat electroencephalogram.
E) responding only to painful stimuli.