NUR 2050: Loss, Grief, End of Life

Hospice care or palliative: The active total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment

Pt advocates are expected to provide for the patient's best interest AND to respect the patient's values and wishes

When it comes to advanced directives, we discussed two. Which of the following describes durable power of attorney?

Hospice or palliative care: Control of pain, other sx, and of psych, social, and spiritual problems is paramount

There are 5 stages of grief. Which of the following happens in acceptance, and what should you do?

What is important when a patient is nearing the end of life?

Which of the following is true regarding a patient advocate?

Once you choose a patient advocate, the decision is final, and can't be withdrawn since it's legal

Which of the following relates to the death rattle?

Which of the following is the sequential order for the stages of grief?

During the 6 stages of grief, they will always occur in the sequential order and will look the same for everyone

The focus of the living will is who the decision is being made by

Which of the following describes Cheyne-stokes respirations?

You see that pt is taking small breaths, then big breaths, then small breaths, then 10 sec of no breaths. Documentation?

Pt refuses to accept diagnosis and denies the conversation ever took place. Which stage of grief is patient in? 

Hospice or palliative care: happens for those only at the end stage of life

Hospice or palliative care: the patient is aware that they are possibly dying soon

There are 5 stages of grief. Which of the following in involved in revenge, and what can you do?

“I get so angry that my family keeps hovering over me as if I have given up." Best therapeutic response by the nurse? 

The nurse is counseling the family of a terminally ill client about palliative care. Which of the following relate?

Hospice or palliative care: Care is provided in the patient's preffered setting

Hospice or palliative care: Provided for people with limited life expectancy

Hospice or palliative care: if you have a tumor, you can be taken to have surgery to remove it since it improves comfort

Palliative care is only available to patient's that have been diagnosed wit their chronic disease for at least 2 months

Hospice or palliative care: the goal is to provide relief from discomforts, symptoms, and stress of a serious illness

There are 5 stages of grief. During the denial stage, what happens, and what should you do?

To be a patient advocate, one has to meet many requirements. Which of the following would be disqualified?

Pt states to hospice nurse, “If I could live until grandson’s wedding in 2 months, then I would be ready to die.” Stage?

After severe pain, a pt says to the nurse, “The pain frightened me. I thought I was going to die.” Appropriate response?

There are 5 stages of grief. What happens during the anger stage and what should you do?

Just to be sure, the living will is also referred to as durable power of attorney, right???

There are 5 stages of grief. What happens during the bargaining stage and what should you do?

Another type of advanced directive we discussed is the living will. Which of the following accurately describes it?