A Newly Licensed Nurse Is Preparing to Provide Postmortem Care

question 22

Multiple Choice

A newly licensed nurse is preparing to provide postmortem care for the first time and asks for help. What is the staff nurse's best response?

• A) "Postmortem care is something that a nurse must learn to do. Take out all tubes and clean the body."
• B) "Family members rarely ask to see the body so just clean the deceased from the shoulders and up."
• C) "You can delegate this to the nursing assistant since it is within their scope of care."
• D) "Providing postmortem care shows respect and dignity to the patient. But I can understand that you are nervous."

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