A terminally ill client has just died in a hospital setting with family members at the bedside. The health care provider is also present. What should be the nurse's priority intervention as postmor-tem care begins?
a. Call for emergency assistance so that re-suscitation procedures can begin.
b. Ask the family members if they would like to spend time alone with the client.
c. Ensure that a death certificate has been completed by the physician.
d. Request family members to prepare the client's body for the funeral home.
B
Before moving the client's body to the funeral home, the nurse should ask family members if they would like to be alone with the client. Emergency assistance will not be necessary. Although it is important to ensure that a death certificate has been completed before the client is moved to the mortuary, the nurse first should ask family members if they would like to be alone with the client. The client's family should not be expected to prepare the body for the funeral home.
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