Nephrology nurses care for persons with high mortality. Death care and cultural death practices are part of nursing care. This session will explore types of body disposal, including traditional burial, cremation, and cultural practices associated with death.

Continuing Education Instructions and Disclosure Information:

Contact hours available until 5/10/25.

Requirements for Successful Completion:
Complete the learning activity in its entirety and complete the online nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) evaluation. You will be able to print your NCPD certificate at any time after you complete the evaluation.

Disclosure of relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies (planners, faculty/speakers, reviewers):

Planning Committee Disclosures:
There are no Planning Committee disclosures to declare.

Speaker Disclosures:
Kristin Larson – Speaker Bureau, AstraZeneca; Consultant, GlaxoSmithKline; Employer, United Health Care; Professor, Roseman University
Naomi Opitz – Employee, Fresenius Medical Care

Commercial Support:
No commercial support declared.

Accreditation Statement:
The American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

ANNA is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 17499.

ANNA urges participants to be aware of the CE requirements for re-licensure in the states in which they hold a license.

Learning Outcome:
After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to discuss differences in traditional burial, cremation and alternative forms of body disposal with cultural considerations as part of death care.

Louisa Freiberger RN, CDN

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