Nurse 202: Post Mortem Care Lecture Slides Exam Questions & Answers
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Nurse 202: Post Mortem Care Lecture Slides
Nurse 202: Post Mortem Care Lecture Slides
Nurse's Responsibilities - Answer- 1) Caring for the patient's body
2) Caring for the family
3) Discharging specific legal responsibilities
- Ensuring that a death certificate is issued and signed
- Labeling the body
- Reviewing organ donation ar...
Nurse 202: Post Mortem Care Lecture
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Nurse's Responsibilities - Answer- 1) Caring for the patient's body
2) Caring for the family
3) Discharging specific legal responsibilities
- Ensuring that a death certificate is issued and signed
- Labeling the body
- Reviewing organ donation arrangements
Immediately Before Death - Answer- 1) Notify family
2) Manifestations
- Mottled skin
- Semicomatose
- Eyes sunken and glazed
- Decreased ability to move
- Dulled senses except for hearing
Immediately Before Death-Manifestations - Answer- 1) Abnormal breathing pattern
- Agonal breathing (3-4 per minute)
- With gasping sounds
- Cheyne Stokes Respirations
Apnea and tachypnea
2) Cardiac output decreases
- Weakened pulse
- BP decreases
- Difficulty clearing secretions
Pronouncement of Death - Answer- 1) Provide physical and psychological supportive
measures to the patient and family.
2) When death occurs, the RN present may be responsible for diagnosing the
absence of human responses, the absence of spontaneous breathing and heart beat
if the primary provider is unavailable.
3) Document the time and date of the event and communicate the pertinent
information to the appropriate individuals.
4) Not to be confused with a Certification of Death
Certification of Death - Answer- The death certificate identifying the patient and the
cause of death must be dated and signed by the physician last in attendance on the
deceased.
Death - Answer- 1) Death in an health care agency
2) Anticipated death
3) Unanticipated death
- Need for autopsy
4) Death outside the hospital
- Need for autopsy
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