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The Final Act of Nursing Care

Heather Caramanzana, MSN, RN-BC; Paola Wilches, MSN, RN-BC

  • The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
  • July 2012 - Volume 43 · Issue 7: 295-296
  • DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20120621-03
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Abstract

This column addresses postmortem care education beyond skills demonstration to explore staff’s experience of a patient’s death.

AUTHORS

Ms. Caramanzana is Nurse Educator and Ms. Wilches is Nurse Educator, North Shore LIJ Health System, Glen Cove Hospital, Glen Cove, New York.

The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

E-mail: hwalpole@nshs.edu

doi: 10.3928/00220124-20120621-03

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