CHPLN - Certified Hospice And Palliative Licensed Nurse
CHPLN - Certified Hospice and Palliative Licensed Nurse
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CHPLN - Certified Hospice and Palliative Licensed Nurse
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CHPLN - Certified Hospice And Palliative Licensed Nurse
Hospice Care correct answers Care focuses on a person's last six months of life of less. When curative treatment is no longer an option, hospice professionals work to make the patient's life as comfortable as possible.
Palliative Care correct answers Care designed not to treat an illness but to ...
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Hospice Care correct answers Care focuses on a person's last six months of life of less. When
curative treatment is no longer an option, hospice professionals work to make the patient's life as
comfortable as possible.
Palliative Care correct answers Care designed not to treat an illness but to provide physical and
emotional comfort to the patient and support and guidance to his or her family. Does not require
a 6 month diagnosis
Core IDT correct answers Nurse
Psychosocial Professionals - social workers
Counselor- Chaplin, Bereavement, Counselor or Dietitian
Physician
Hospice Levels of Care correct answers - routine (home) care
•Days 1-60
•Days 61+
- respite care
- inpatient hospice care
- crisis or continuous care
Hypercapnia correct answers the abnormal buildup of carbon dioxide in the blood
Exsanguinate correct answers to drain of blood
R. A. A. S correct answers Activated by the kidneys when patient is in heart failure.
Neuralgia correct answers nerve pain
first hospice in the US correct answers New Haven, CT in 1960's - Florence Wald
Multi-disciplinary team correct answers More hospital based
Uremia correct answers urine in the blood
Mycolonus correct answers Movement disorder, facial or multi focal, sudden, brief, shock-like,
involuntary movements - jerks, twitching, brief spasms of muscles.
Assessing/Reassessing correct answers Usually the correct answer
Akathisia correct answers intense need to move about; characterized by restless movement,
pacing, inability to remain still, and the client's report of inner restlessness
, Dystonia correct answers a condition of abnormal muscle tone that causes the impairment of
voluntary muscle movement
Ischemia correct answers an inadequate blood supply to an organ or part of the body, especially
the heart muscles. Causes 87% of strokes
Hemorrhagic correct answers pertaining to profuse or excessive bleeding. Usually occurs
suddenly.
Dementia correct answers group of symptoms marked by memory loss and loss of other
cognitive functions such as perception, thinking, reasoning, and remembering
F.A.S.T scale assessment correct answers Used to determine the progression of dementia.
Baclofen (Lioresal) correct answers Muscle Relaxant. Can only be given PO/Intrathecal (spinal
cord)
Mucositis correct answers painful inflammation of oral mucous membranes
Candidiasis (Thrush) correct answers Thick, white, raised patches in the mouth
Pruritus correct answers severe itching
Melanoma correct answers The most serious form of skin cancer
Melanoma, Brest & Lung Cancer correct answers 3 cancers that commonly metastasis to these
sites
Lungs
Liver
Bone
Brain
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