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| An examination of a body after death; it may be performed to determine the cause of death or for medical research |
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| A daily listing of all patient activity (admissions, discharges, transfers, and deaths) within the hospital; may also be called the admissions, discharges, and tranfers sheet (ADT) |
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| A death that occurs due to sudden, violent, or unexplained circumstances or a patient that expires during the first 24 hours after admission to the hospital |
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| Care and services of a nonmedical nature, which consist of feeding, bathing, watching, and protecting the patient |
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| Centralized, coordinated, multi-disciplinary process that ensures that the patient has a plan for continuing care after leaving the hospital |
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| A medical facility caring for patients requiring expert nursing care or custodial care |
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| Donating or giving one's organs and/or tissues after death; one may designate specific organs (e.g., only cornea) or any needed organs |
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| The process of removing donated organs; it may be referred to as harvesting |
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| A meeting that will include the doctor or doctors caring for the patient, the primary nurses, the case manager or social worker, and other caregivers involved with the patient's care |
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| After death (a postmortem examination is the same as an autopsy) |
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| A signed consent that authorizes a specific funeral home or agency to remove the deceased from a health care facility |
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| An illness ending in death |
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