Hospice vs Palliative
End-of-Life Physiology
Nursing Care & Dignity
Grief & Models
Communication & Ethics
100

Hospice care is provided when treatment is no longer what?

What is curative?

100

Irregular breathing with periods of apnea is known as what?

What are Cheyne-Stokes respirations?

100

Loss of control at end of life most threatens what patient concept?

What is dignity?

100

Grief can occur after losses other than death. True or false?

What is true?

100

The NURSE technique “N” stands for what?

What is Name the emotion?

200

Life expectancy for hospice eligibility is fewer than how many months?

What is six months?

200

Retention of respiratory secretions near death is commonly called what?

What is the death rattle?

200

Most complaints about end-of-life care are related to lack of what?

What is caring?

200

Grief experienced before an expected loss is called what?

What is anticipatory grief?

200

Which NURSE step involves acknowledging client strengths?

What is Respect?

300

Palliative care differs from hospice because it can be provided when what continues?

What is curative treatment?

300

Cool, blotchy skin hours before death is referred to as what?

What is mottling?

300

Providing comfort, closure, and pain control describes what concept?

What is a good death?

300

Grief lasting longer than six months with impaired functioning is known as what?

What is prolonged grief disorder?


300

Who is allowed to initiate organ donation discussions?

What is an OPO-trained professional?

400

Hospice care is best described as what type of approach?

What is holistic and interprofessional?

400

Why does body temperature fluctuate near end of life?

What is loss of nervous system regulation?


400

Postmortem care includes placing identification tags in at least how many locations?

What is two?

400

Which Kubler-Ross stage involves bargaining with a higher power?

What is bargaining?

400

What is the nurse’s role in organ donation conversations?

What is supporting the family?

500

Which type of care should be introduced earlier in serious illness?

What is palliative care?

500

Hallucinations of deceased loved ones near death affect which senses?

What are vision and hearing?

500

Which devices are removed during postmortem care?

What are invasive devices (IVs, catheters)?

500

Which model describes oscillation between loss-oriented and restoration stressors?

What is the Dual Process Model of Grief?

500

Which factor strongly influences how grief is expressed?

What is culture?

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