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A Child Is Hospitalized with Anemia and Critically Low Hemoglobin

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A child is hospitalized with anemia and critically low hemoglobin.The health-care provider orders a blood transfusion.The parents won't sign the consent form even though they have been told that without it,their child will die.What does the pediatric intensive care nurse understand about this situation?


A) Legally permissible to give the transfusion against the parents' objections
B) Legally permissible to give the transfusion after getting an emergency court order
C) Not legally permissible to give the transfusion if both parents are in agreement
D) Not legally permissible to give the transfusion if the parents won't sign the consent

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