A nurse is caring for an 8-year-old child who was recently diagnosed with chronic renal failure. The child's parents ask for information on hemodialysis. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

A. "Hemodialysis uses an electrolyte solution to clean your child's blood." Hemodialysis does not use an electrolyte solution to clean the blood. Instead, it uses a dialysate, a special fluid that helps remove waste products and excess substances from the blood through a semi-permeable membrane in the dialyzer.B. "Hemodialysis uses an artificial membrane outside the body to clean your child's blood." This statement is accurate. Hemodialysis involves passing the child's blood through an artificial membrane (dialyzer) outside the body to filter and clean it, removing waste products and excess fluids.C. "Hemodialysis uses your child's abdominal cavity as a membrane to clean their blood." This statement describes peritoneal dialysis, not hemodialysis. In peritoneal dialysis, the peritoneal cavity inside the abdomen is used as a natural membrane for dialysis.D. "Hemodialysis slowly filtrates your child's blood continuously." Continuous slow filtration of blood describes Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), not standard hemodialysis. Hemodialysis is typically performed several times a week for a few hours each session.