Chapter 23 - Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care: Long-Term
Care 4th Edition
Terminal illness
Grief
a disease or condition that will eventually cause death.
deep distress or sorrow over a loss.
Hospice care
less to live.
Palliative care
holistic, compassionate care given to p...
Chapter 23 - Hartman's Nursing Assistant Care: Long-Term
Care 4th Edition
Terminal illness a disease or condition that will eventually cause death.
Grief deep distress or sorrow over a loss.
Hospice care holistic, compassionate care given to people who have approximately six months or
less to live.
Palliative care care given to people who have serious diseases or who are dying that emphasizes
relieving pain, controlling symptoms, and preventing side effects.
Cheyne-Stokes alternating periods of slow, irregular breathing and rapid, shallow breathing,
along with periods of not breathing.
Rigor mortis the Latin term for the temporary condition after death in which the muscles in the
body become stiff and rigid.
Postmortem care care of the body after death.
Biodegradable capable of breaking down or being decomposed by bacterial or other living
organisms.
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