Exam 17: Palliative Care

The nurse is preparing to assist the patient at the end stage of her life.To provide comfort for the patient in response to anticipated symptom development,the nurse plans to:

For a patient in the final stages of dying,a nurse expects to:

Grief that occurs before an actual loss or death and involves gradual disengagement from what is being lost is known as which type of grief?

A new staff member is working with a patient who is dying.A nurse evaluates that this new employee requires additional teaching when he or she is observed:

The irreversible absence of all brain function is termed ______________.

The World Health Organization (2002)defines ___________ as an "approach that improves the quality of life of individuals and their families facing life-threatening illness,through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other physical,psychological,and spiritual problems."

The patient has a history of terminal cancer but is being admitted for treatment of a pressure ulcer.The patient's wife has been caring for him at home and refuses to discuss admission to a nursing home.The wife looks extremely tired and is near the point of exhaustion.What could the nurse suggest?

A nurse-initiated or independent activity for promotion of respiratory function in a terminally ill patient is to:

Hospice benefits include which of the following?

Before allowing the family of a deceased patient to view the body,the nurse should:

The nurse recognizes that anticipatory grieving can be most beneficial for a patient or family because it can:

___________________ specify medical interventions that the patient does not want in certain situations,such as mechanical ventilation,and are used to communicate the care a patient wants,for example,pain relief to the fullest extent possible.

The patient is on a ventilator and has a heartbeat but has been declared "brain dead." The family has agreed to organ donation.The nurse realizes that which of the following organ donations would require that the patient be left on life support?

The patient was a practicing Hindu when he died.Knowing this,the nurse realizes that:

_____________ helps people live as well as possible through the dying process.

When caring for a patient who is an appropriate candidate for organ or tissue donation,the nurse knows that requests for donation are:

After the death of a patient and before other nursing interventions are implemented,the nurse should:

_______________ grief (symptoms lasting longer than 6 months)occurs when a person experiences significant distress related to the loss.

Nurses provide _______________ that is defined as care of the body after death in a manner consistent with the patient's religious and cultural beliefs.

Hospice care can be provided in which of the following settings?