The nurse is preparing a client for surgery when the client tells the nurse that he no longer wants to have the surgery. how should the nurse most appropriately respond?

The nurse should speak to the patients doctor if possible, or the attending, but he or she should not bring the patient into surgery if they do not have consent.

Mitochondria produce atp, a high energy compound. atp is used for all sorts of enzyme-mediated reactions, such as making proteins/nucleotides/etc, certain compounds cross the cell membrane, muscles move, etc.  without this source of energy, a cell will die. it will not be able to repair itself, defend against pathogens, etc.

The answer is nucleic acid