A patient died from suspicious circumstances.What should the nurse do next?

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State statutes specify that,when there are reasonable grounds to believe that a patient died as a result of violence,homicide,suicide,accident,or death occurring in any unusual or suspicious manner,you need to notify the coroner.Notifying the newspaper would break confidentiality.Charting must be objective and factual,not what the nurse thinks happened or opinions.

A Patient Died from Suspicious Circumstances