Exam 3: The Surgical Patient

For what type of research was Elizabeth Kubler-Ross best known?

What is a normal human emotion that surgical team members may feel for their patients, but must not interfere with their abilities to maintain focus on their jobs, particularly in all-hazards situations?

Which of the following procedures would be surgical treatment for an elderly patient's psychological dissatisfaction with his or her appearance?

Dr Hans Selye defines stress as a "nonspecific response of the body a demand" (2006)

What type of procedure or care provides a terminal patient with symptom relief or avoidance and improves quality of the remaining life expectancy?

Which of the following is NOT one of the "Five Stages of Grief"?

Title XI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 requires hospitals to establish protocols for organ procurement or risk losing funding by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Which area of concern or fear would MOST likely be the main focus for a teenage patient having surgery?

In recognition of which religion's death rites would the operating room staff allow the deceased patient's son or other relative to close the eyes and mouth and wash the body after removal from the surgical suite?

Which of the following needs identified by Maslow would likely be MOST prominent in a surgical patient's mind?

What type of life-support treatment would be considered ultimately futile and its benefits far outweighed by the financial and emotional burden suffered by the family and health care system?

Which organs or tissues can be recovered after death or after a patient has already been removed from life support?

A terminally ill patient whose advance directive is to refuse any life-saving efforts by health care workers is choosing which type of euthanasia?

A person with only basic physiological functions of respiration, blood pressure, and heartbeat intact is categorized as having suffered which kind of death?

Under what circumstances would many hospitals rescind (invalidate) a "Do Not Resuscitate/Do Not Intubate" order?

A patient may be considered a candidate for donation after cardiac death (DCD) if his or her heart is predicted to cease functioning within what period of time after removal from mechanical support?

Which area of concern or fear would most likely be the main focus for a toddler scheduled for surgery?

Which type of general category of death would most likely generate high emotional trauma for family members and a need to follow protocols for preservation of evidence in the perioperative period?

Maslow's research produced a hierarchical structure of ___________.

Which of the following is NOT a form of advance directive?