NU 2320 Final Exam Study Guide
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Trauma Effects on families - Ans:-no warning with weather related trauma, affects family pets, little
research on trauma and families, families who choose to stay experience higher levels of distress
Why do town residents report difficulty concentrating ...
Define Terminal Care - Ans:✔✔-care that focuses on management of symptoms to relieve suffering
during the last few days or weeks of life when it becomes apparent that the patient is in state of decline
and cure is not possible
Define Palliative Care - Ans:✔✔-care that focuses on improving quality of life for patients and families
associated with life-limiting illness, to help them live well through prevention and relief of suffering by
early identification and excellent assessment and treatment of pain and other symptoms
Define LIfe support - Ans:✔✔-care that includes extraordinary measures to prolong or sustain life such as
a ventilator
Define Hospice Care - Ans:✔✔-care that focuses on providing support to people in the final phase of a
terminal illness, with focus being on comfort and quality of life rather than cure. Usually only 6 months
or less from diagnosis
Dying at home is often preferred for terminal patients, but fearful for families, why? - Ans:✔✔-care at
home requires family members to perform medical care such as medication adminstration, family
members fear process of dying, family feels hospice is higher quality care, family fears burn out from
care
Barriers to end of life care - Ans:✔✔-lack of knowledge, delayed referral to hospice, not available in
some areas, acute care settings rarely focus on it, lack of support for nurses who frequently experience
death of patients
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