Vocab
A deeply emotional response to loss, that is usually healing in some way.
Grief
Who should have POLST?
A POLST should be strongly considered for any patient for whom death in the next 12 months would not be surprising.
True or False...A person living with dementia has the legal right to limit, refuse or stop medical treatments.
True
Movement that sees honest conversations about death & dying as the cornerstone of a healthy society.
Death-Positive
Who is a POLST form completed by?
The POLST form is completed by a patient’s physician (or by someone who has undergone special training about POLST and who works with the patient’s physician.
The 4 year old son of a deceased male is asking questions about his father. What would be beneficial for this child to be told?
Explain that his father has died.
This focuses on the care, comfort, and quality of life of a person with a serious illness who is approaching the end of life in 6 months or less.
Hospice
What does POLST do?
POLST provides additional specificity about the types of treatments and interventions these patients may wish to receive or avoid.
The child underwent Chemo that is no longer providing healing results and is most likely going stop, what would the next stage of care be.
Hospice
An end-of-life doula guides a person who is transitioning to death and their loved ones through the dying process.
Death-Doula
What is the goal of POLST?
POLST is to ensure that patient wishes are known and honored by health care providers.
While providing care to a terminally ill client, the nurse is asked questions about death. What would be beneficial to support the client's spiritual needs?
Provide a sense of hope while also laying out the possible outcomes including death.
This care focuses on maintaining the highest quality of life while managing treatment and other needs.
Palliative Care
Is POLST available everywhere?
No, it is up to the state to decide whether to implement a program linked to it.
What should be done incase of sickness or EOL.
End of life planning checklist and documents.