The Nurse Is Caring for a Client with Class III

The nurse is caring for a client with Class III status (NYHA) heart failure and type 2 diabetes and the client asks the nurse whether heart transplant is a possible therapy. Which of the following responses by the nurse is best?

A) "Since you have diabetes, you would not be a candidate for a heart transplant."
B) "The choice of a client for a heart transplant depends on many different factors."
C) "Your heart failure has not reached the stage in which heart transplants are considered."
D) "People who have heart transplants are at risk for multiple complications after surgery."

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