NUR1212C FSCJ Exam 3 Questions and Answers 2024/2025
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Course
NUR 1212
Institution
NUR 1212
Lumbar puncture
→ "spinal tap" an invasive outpatient procedure used to remove a sample of
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) form the subarachnoid space in the spine
Cachexia
→ Weakness and wasting of the body due to severe chronic illness
Death Rattle
→ sound often produced by someone who is ...
NUR1212C FSCJ Exam 3 Questions and
Answers 2024/2025
Lumbar puncture
→ "spinal tap" an invasive outpatient procedure used to remove a sample of
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) form the subarachnoid space in the spine
Cachexia
→ Weakness and wasting of the body due to severe chronic illness
Death Rattle
→ sound often produced by someone who is near death as a result of fluids such as saliva
and bronchial secretions accumulating in the throat and upper chest
Cheyne -Stokes Respirations
→ cyclic breathing marked by a gradual increase in the rapidity of respiration followed
by a gradual decrease and total cessation for 5 to 50 seconds
Palliative Care
→ focused on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of the illness. The goal is to
improve quality of life for both the patient and the family - Manage symptoms
Hospice Care
→ Focus on comfort and quality of life, rather than cure. The goal is to enable patients to
be comfortable and free of pain, so that they live each day as fully as possible.
→ AKA "living will", "personal directive", "medical directive", or "advance decision," is a
legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their
health if they are no longer able to make decisions.
Loss
→ Normal part of the human experience; can be commonplace, relationship-oriented, or
intangible and circumstantial
Grief
→ individualized response to a loss that is perceived, real, or anticipated
Anticipatory grief
→ Helps people recognize grief as part of living with a terminal prognosis, experiencing
anticipatory grief as they prepare for the expected death
disenfranchised grief
→ grief involving a deceased person that is a socially ambiguous loss that can't be
openly mourned or supported
complicated grief
→ unresolved - a type of grief that impedes a person's future life, usually because the
person clings to sorrow or is buffeted by contradictory emotions
Mourning
→ All outward expression and management of grief
Bereavement
→ State if having lost a significant other
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