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A Patient Who Is a Jehovah's Witness Is Scheduled for Routine

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A patient who is a Jehovah's Witness is scheduled for routine surgery and expresses concern about the possibility of receiving blood products,an act condemned by the patient's religion.What is the nurse's best response?


A) "You should allow the health care professionals to do whatever is needed to save your life."
B) "Transfusions are not routine and now there are good alternatives to transfusions if you should lose an excessive amount of blood."
C) "If you are worried about contamination, the blood supply in this country is tested thoroughly and is the safest in the world."
D) "I will have the hospital chaplain come and explain to you that the Bible says there really is nothing unacceptable about a blood transfusion."

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