The cot cover should be zippered closed, and the deceased wheeled to the first call car. People have different ideas about which end of the cot the head should be, I prefer feet first into the car. If a death occurs at night, you may make the removal from a room. Making a room removal is preferable to a morgue removal, because the height of your cot, and the deceased is in a bed that can be mechanically raised or lowered to the height of your cot, and the deceased pulled across rather than lifted. This is accomplished by placing the between the deceased and you, and pulling the sheet under the decedent toward you.
Nurses are very helpful in moving people around.
Remember, this nurse has a family too, and when there is a death in her family, she may make the decision about which funeral home to use, based on whom she deems most professional. You will almost, always be going to the patient s room, this is very sad during the day, when the other patients are watching you . Once, we tilted the cot, and left the face exposed, as if the deceased were going to the hospital. Many residents talked to the deceased on our trip to the car. Nursing homes are not nearly as particular about releasing a deceased to a funeral director, they do not want a body on hand one minute longer than necessary.