A nurse is explaining the preparation of a death certificate to a student nurse. Which statements accurately describe this process? (Select all that apply.)
• U.S. law requires that a death certificate be prepared for each person who dies.
• A physician's signature is required on a death certificate.
• It is the nurse's responsibility to ensure that the physician has signed a death certificate.
• A death certificate is signed by the pathologist, the coroner, and others in special cases.
