A critically injured child has died and is being removed from a ventilator in the pediatric intensive care unit.What is a priority nursing intervention for the family at this time?

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Around the time of death,nursing care can be invaluable to the parents.The nurse should attempt to control the environment to ensure that the family and child have privacy.Other individuals such as clergy can be present if the family wishes.Attention to religious and cultural rituals may be important to them.The family should decide where they would like to be during removal from the ventilator.The family should be allowed to be with the child if they wish rather than waiting until the funeral home has prepared the body.Explain all interventions used for the child before death.

A Critically Injured Child Has Died and Is Being Removed