Exam 40: Hospice Care

When educating a patient concerning ways to prevent nausea,the nurse suggests that eating slowly in a pleasant atmosphere will help,as well as taking an antiemetic before meals.How many minutes before meals should the patient take the antiemetic?

What is the role of the hospice medical director?

The hospice nurse tells the family that the nurse coordinator,an RN,will visit them.What is the role of the nurse coordinator?

The hospice spiritual coordinator can be affiliated with any religion,assists with the spiritual assessment of the patient,and develops the plan of care regarding spiritual matters.To work in a hospice,what degree should the spiritual coordinator possess?

The social worker evaluates and assesses the psychosocial needs of the patient.To work in a hospice,the social worker must have at least which degree?

What symptom of hospice patients is the most dreaded and feared,and should be a priority of symptom management?

During a pain assessment,the patient tells the nurse that the pain is aching,stabbing,and throbbing.What type of pain is the patient describing?

The hospice nurse introduced the family to the volunteer coordinator who will assign a volunteer to the patient.What can a hospice volunteer do for a patient and caregiver?

What is the overall objective of hospice service?

When a deficiency in nutritional status of a patient is assessed,what action should be taken by the hospice nurse?

Which medication relaxes the patient's respiratory effort and thus increases the efficiency of the patient's respiratory status?

The hospice nurse clarifies that hospice service is initiated when what type of treatment is no longer effective?

When air hunger is assessed in the dying patient,the nurse can perform which interventions? (Select all that apply.)

The patient informs the hospice nurse,"I'm not sold on this hospice thing.I'm not looking for Jesus,I'm just dying." What would be the most therapeutic response by the nurse?

What are the drugs of choice when caring for the hospice patient?

The hospice nurse requests that the patient designate a primary caregiver for himself.What is true of the primary caregiver?

Which of the following is an expected part of the end-of-dying process?

Why is it important for the hospice nurse to provide time to confer with the patient and family?

Because the family is confused about the meaning of palliative care,the hospice nurse needs to explain the focus of care.What is the focus of palliative care?

The hospice nurse educates the patient and family about the members of the interdisciplinary team.Which caregivers are included? (Select all that apply.)