NUR 228 Final Exam Questions and Complete Solutions
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Course
NUR 228
Institution
NUR 228
Palliative Care 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
Hospice Care treatment of the terminally ill in their own homes, or in special hospital units or other facilities, with the goal of helpi...
NUR 228 Final Exam Questions and
Complete Solutions
Palliative Care ✅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
Hospice Care ✅treatment of the terminally ill in their own homes, or in special hospital
units or other facilities, with the goal of helping them to die comfortably, without pain
Decision making capacity ✅Ability to understand and process information and make a
choice regarding appropriate medical care.
advanced care plan ✅consists of two parts: the advance directive documenting
decisions made for the future and listing the decision-makers who will decide for the
patient if the patient is unable to do so
Difference between palliative and hospice ✅Palliative focuses on all individuals with a
serious illness while hospice focuses on individuals with terminal illnesses
palliative care begins when individuals gets diagnosed with illness while hospice begins
when patient is diagnosed with 6 months to live
Palliative care does not cover cost of medical supplies and symptom management
medication while hospice does
Suffering and pain ✅In palliative care the first thing to focus on treating is physical pain
because patient cannot think or deal with any other issue while in physical pain
medically futile care ✅treatment option that offers no possibility of physiological benefit
related to diagnosis, prognosis, or the current medical condition
3 components of communication process ✅interpretation, filtration, and feedback
interpretation ✅the receivers belief
peaceful death ✅The aim of an approach to end-of-life care in which the patient begins
to sleep more and being less and less responsive then progresses to a comatose state
and dies
painful death ✅Restlessness with increased confusion and frequently with
hallucinations until death
can one suffer without experiencing pain ✅yes the definition includes "a state if severe
distress associated with events that threaten the intactness of a person
, Filtration ✅when communicating sorting out and disposing of information useless for
understanding the communication
feedback ✅response of the receiver
context and environment ✅entire situation relevant to the communication and physical
surrounding and happenings and the emotional conditions involved in the
communication
Precipitating event ✅a specific occurrence that provokes people to take action
preconceived ideas ✅Conceptions, opinions, or thoughts that can significantly alter the
way a person accepts and understands a message
style of transmission ✅aspects of conveyance of the message
verbal communication ✅talking and listening
nonverbal communication ✅factors that either confirm or deny the spoken word
including facial expressions, presence or absence of eye contact, posture, and body
movement
expressing empathy ✅Ability to mentally place oneself in another person's situation to
better understand the individual
Understanding the experiences of the other person
Enhances nurse's ability to help patient through a true understanding of what the
individual is feeling and needs
Using Open Communication ✅Open-ended questions or statements that require more
information than yes or no
blocking ✅when individual responds with noncommittal or generalized answers
false accusation ✅similar to blocking and have same effect, short answers sends
unintentional messages to receiver
active listening ✅giving undivided attention, providing feedback, paying attention to
posture, noting nonverbal messages, and finish listening before beginning to speak
What does CAM stand for? ✅complementary and alternative medicine
What is CAM ✅Healing philosophies, practices, and products falling outside of
mainstream or typical medicine terms and not normally taught in educational programs
of health professional
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