Palliative Care Questions with Correct Answers (100% Accurate)
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Palliative Care
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Palliative Care
What is the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)? Correct Answer A national education initiative sponsored by AACN to improve palliative care
What patient populations do the ELNEC focus on? Correct Answer VA and geriatrics
What is palliative care? Correct Answer Comprehensive care...
Palliative Care Questions with Correct Answers (100% Accurate)
What is the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)? Correct Answer A national education initiative sponsored by AACN to improve palliative care
What patient populations do the ELNEC focus on? Correct Answer VA and geriatrics
What is palliative care? Correct Answer Comprehensive care focused on alleviating suffering and optimizing the quality of life of patients living with a life-limiting illness
What is the primary focus of palliative care? Correct Answer - Comfort and quality of life
How are goals set in palliative care? Correct Answer BAsed on patient's and surrogates wishes
T/F. Palliative care is directed by the physician. Correct Answer False. It is directed by an interdisciplinary team, as mandated by Medicare.
T/F. There is a time limit for palliative care. Correct Answer False. It is time-limitless
T/F. Bereavement is not mandated by the government to offer, but is a nice thing to add. Correct Answer False, the government mandates that Bereavement services be offered.
What is the integrated model? Correct Answer 1) Curative or life-prolonging medicine (ex. Cardiology)
2) Palliative - care in between
3) Hospice - end of life care
4) Death and Bereavement
When is palliative care typically offered to a patient? Correct Answer Patient hits a wall after attempting curative or life-prolonging medicine and then it is initially mentioned.
Ideally, when should palliative care be offered (proposed care model)? Correct Answer It should be offered and discussed at the time of diagnosis.
What is the core interdisciplinary team (IDT) made up of for palliative care? Correct Answer 1)Medicine
2) Nursing
3) Social Work
4) Spiritual support
5) Pharmacist Who are additional members of the interdisciplinary team (IDT) ? Correct Answer 1) Psychiatry
2) Psychology
3) Nutrition
4) Physical Therapy
5) Wound specialists
6) Volunteers
7) Integrative Modalities (music, art, massage, accupuncture, Reiki, pet therapy, etc)
8) Home health aids
T/F. NP's only do the role of a mid-level provider. Correct Answer False - they often covr
many of the services provided by other members of the team
Is physical therapy a covered benefit of palliative care? Correct Answer No - with medicare you either get palliative care or you get rehab. Though it is still mandated, the cost is absorbed.
Why is there a large volunteer group with palliative care? Correct Answer It is mandated
by the government to have a program.
T/F. Palliative care is decreasing nationwide. Correct Answer False - the number of palliative care teams in U.S. hospitals increased for the 10th year in a row in 2010
What are some of the conflicts with palliative care? Correct Answer 1) Americans deny death
2) Seen as a failure of modern medicine
3) Prognostic Quandary - many providers don't know when enough is enough
4) Positive Patient Right = we want to keep options open for future treatment
What are some common reasons for late palliative care referrals? Correct Answer 1) patient and family reluctance
2) Medical staff difficulties switching to nontreatment mode
3) Inability to have the conversation about death
4) reluctance by family to give up search for a cure, especially oncology pts.
What are some reasons for patient and family reluctance? Correct Answer 1) culture
2) age
3) abused people (think populations who have suffered abuse) are concerned they are being abused again (denied services that could be available)
How long is the average palliative patient on service? Correct Answer 3 weeks
What is considered an automatic "red flag" for a referal for evaluation? Correct Answer A palliative patient with excessive crying
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