Exam 4: End-Of-Life Care in the Critical Care Unit

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All of the patient's children are distressed by the possibility of removing life-support treatments from their mother.The child who is most upset tells the nurse,"This is the same as killing her! I thought you were supposed to help her!" The nurse explains to the family,

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Question 21

A 75-year-old patient,who suffered a massive stroke 3 weeks ago,has been unresponsive and has required ventilatory support since the time of the stroke.The physician has approached the spouse regarding placement of a permanent feeding tube.The spouse states that the patient never wanted to be kept alive by tubes and personally didn't want what was being done.After holding a family conference with the spouse,the medical team concurs and the feeding tube is not placed.This situation is an example of:

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Question 22

A statement that provides a legally recognized description of an individual's desires regarding care at the end of life is a (an):

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Question 23

Which of the following statements about comfort care is accurate?

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Question 24

The patient's husband is terrified by the prospect of removing life-sustaining treatments from the patient.He asks why anyone would do that.The nurse explains,

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Question 25

Palliation may include: (Select all that apply.)

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All of the patient's children are distressed by the possibility of removing life-support treatments from their mother.The child who is most upset tells the nurse,"This is the same as killing her! I thought you were supposed to help her!" The nurse explains to the family,

A statement that provides a legally recognized description of an individual's desires regarding care at the end of life is a (an):

Which of the following statements about comfort care is accurate?

The patient's husband is terrified by the prospect of removing life-sustaining treatments from the patient.He asks why anyone would do that.The nurse explains,

Palliation may include: (Select all that apply.)

Overview of Critical Care Nursing

Patient and Family Response to the Critical Care Experience

Ethical and Legal Issues in Critical Care Nursing

Comfort and Sedation

Nutritional Support

Dysrhythmia Interpretation and Management

Hemodynamic Monitoring

Ventilatory Assistance

Rapid Response Teams and Code Management

Shock, sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

Cardiovascular Alterations

Nervous System Alterations

Acute Respiratory Failure

Acute Kidney Injury

Hematological and Immune Disorders

Gastrointestinal Alterations

Endocrine Alterations

Trauma and Surgical Management

Burns

Solid Organ Transplantation

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