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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING:
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
COURSE MODULE COURSE LAB WEEK
3 15 17
Post-Mortem Care
✓ Read course and laboratory unit objectives
✓ Read study guide prior to class attendance
✓ Read required learning resources; refer to course unit
terminologies for jargons
✓ Participate in weekly discussion board (Canvas)
✓ Answer and submit course unit tasks
At the end of this unit, the students are expected to:
1. Identify changes in the body after death.
2. Practice safe and quality nursing care in the performance of post-mortem care.
3. Exemplify caring attitude(s) and being an A.C.H.I.E.V.E.R. in the performance of post-mortem
care in a simulated scenario.
4. Research Nursing topic related to Post-mortem care using internet search engines and/or
directory.
Berman, A., Snyder, S.J., and Frandsen, G. (2020) Kozier and Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing:
Concepts, process, and Practice 11th Edition, Pearson.

Post-Mortem Nursing Care. (2015 Apr 13). Post-Mortem Care [File Video]. Retrieved from
Perry, A.G., Potter, P.A., and Ostendorf, W. (2019). Skills Performance Checklist for Clinical
Nursing Skills and Techniques, 9th Edition , Providing Post-Mortem Care (pp. ____ ). Mosby
Post-Mortem Care Explained Step by Step - Caregiverology. Retrieved from
Care at the Time of Death - Nursing Care at the End of Life . Retrieved from
The Conversation.com. Overloaded morgues , mass graves and infectious remains: How forensic
pathologists handle the coronavirus dead (April 8, 2020).Retrieved
fromhttps://theconversation.com/overloaded-morgues-mass-graves-and-infectious-remains-how-
forensic-pathologists-handle-the-coronavirus-dead-135275
Computer device or smartphone with internet access (at least 54 kbps; average data subscription
will suffice)
To facilitate the practice of students’ presentation of skills, the
following rules must be implemented:
1. The use of search engines (e.g. Google, Yahoo) are allowed.
2. Use skills procedural techniques as mentioned in the
required readings.
3. Students must submit this accomplished worksheet through
email or Canvas upload.
SKILLS PROCEDURE:
“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world
remains and is immortal.”
-Albert Pike
The Death.
Death can be classified into two:
Clinical death. The first stage is called Clinical Death. This happens when the heart stops beating
and it not necessarily permanent. An individual’s brain can stay alive for about 4-6 minutes after
breathing and heartbeat have stopped. This isn’t much time, but it is our “Window of Survival.” If
appropriate medical care is initiated within the first minutes of cardiac arrest, the individual has a

much greater chance of survival. Many individuals have survived because of early cardio
pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and early defibrillation.