[Solved]: A 16-year-old client is admitted to the emergency…

A 16-year-old client is admitted to the emergency department following an accident. The client sustained a head injury, is unconscious, and has compound fractures of the right tibia and fibula. No family members accompanied the client and none can be reached by phone. The surgeon instructs the nurse to take the client to the operating room immediately. Which of the following actions should the nurse take regarding informed consent? Call the nursing supervisor and ask that the hospital lawyer be contacted. Contact the hospital chaplain to sign the consent on the client’s behalf. Take the client to the operating room for surgery without informed consent. Keep the client in the emergency department until the family is contacted.