The Nurse Provides Care to a Patient Who Has Died

The nurse provides care to a patient who has died.Which action does the nurse implement when preforming postmortem care?

A) Document the time when the patient stopped breathing and the heart ceased.
B) Insist that the family bathe the patient so they can begin the grieving process.
C) Bathe the patient's body and remove all tubes, unless an autopsy is prescribed.
D) Notifying the health-care provider so that the patient will be legally pronounced dead.