While completing postmortem care on an elderly female client, the nurse notes the client has on jewelry and there are a purse and cellphone on the bedside table. The family members are in disagreement about who should take the jewelry home. What should the nurse do in this situation?

Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu

ID: 137304

Question

While completing postmortem care on an elderly female client, the nurse notes the client has on jewelry and there are a purse and cellphone on the bedside table. The family members are in disagreement about who should take the jewelry home. What should the nurse do in this situation? 
 
   Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu   
 
 ID: 137304

Accepted Answer

The nurse will wait for a decision to be made and thereafter chart a descriptor of each item and the name of the person who has them

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The nurse will encourage the family to come to a resolution for the sake of their loved one

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The nurse will collect all items and deliver them to the client's power of attorney for distribution to the family

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The nurse will inform the family that all items will be taken to the funeral home

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