Which circumstances are an indication for surgical management of a stone in the urinary tract? Select all that apply.

The nurse is caring for a patient of apparently sound mind who has a chronic severe wound infection on his forearm. Amputation of the limb below the elbow is the recommended course of treatment for this patient, but he refuses to allow the procedure. Despite an understanding of the risks and benefits of the procedure as well as of refusing the procedure, the patient refuses the amputation. Which management is the most appropriate?

A 17-year-old patient is declared brain dead after a motor vehicle accident in which he sustained a liver laceration, severe subdural hematoma, and high cervical spinal cord injury. The parents have decided to donate their son’s organs. Which statement by the nurse is appropriate?