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The Nurse Provides Postmortem Care for an Unfamiliar Patient

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The nurse provides postmortem care for an unfamiliar patient.Which approach should the nurse use to best care for the body after death?


A) Ask about the patient's cultural or spiritual practices.
B) Remove tubes and lines before they become difficult to remove.
C) Cover the patient and transfer the body to the morgue.
D) Remove the old patient identification (ID) band and apply a new one.

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