The nurse is providing postmortem care to a child. Along with following the facility's guidelines, what else should the nurse consider?
1. Identifying the family's wishes for postmortem care before performing care
2. Avoiding delay in moving the body to the morgue
3. Removing all articles from patient's body
4. Leaving all equipment in the room during postmortem care
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Rationale 1: There are many cultural variations in how the body should be handled after death. For example, in some cultures, the family will wish to wash and dress the body.
Rationale 2: The family may want to spend time with the deceased and should be allowed to spend as much time as they need with the child's body.
Rationale 3: Ask before removing any jewelry or other items from the child because cultural and spiritual practices might specify that the articles remain on the child after death.
Rationale 4: The nurse can remove the equipment in the room during postmortem care.
Global Rationale:
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