1) Accurately and completely document the immediate cause of death and any diseases, injuries, or complications that gave rise to the immediate cause of death.

2) Accurately and completely document other important diseases that were present at the time of death and may have contributed to the death of a patient.

3) Recognize and report to the medical examiner deaths that are legally required to be reported, including deaths where elder abuse or child abuse occurred.

4) Recognize and report to the Center for Disease Control, diseases and conditions that are legally required to be reported.

5) Recognize situations that require the completion of a fetal death certificate and accurately and completely document fetal death.

6) Adhere to the time-frames in which the death certificate must be filed according to Arizona law.

7) Develop an awareness of the therapeutic benefit to grieving families of an accurate, and complete certification of death.

8) Please describe any suggestions for improving the module.

9) I attest that I have read the required materials in the education module, Completing the Death Certificate Education Module for Nurse Practitioners.