Advanced Directives
an order that tells medical professionals not to perform CPR in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest
What is DNR?
"Why me?"
What is anger
Care focused on pain relief, controlling symptoms, preventing side effects and complications and maintainign quality of life for the person who is very ill or is dying
What is palliative care?
All senses are diminished as a patient nears death but this sense is the last to go
What is hearing?
many senses are diminished in the dying patient but which is the last sense to go
What is hearing?
When a person is appointed the ability to make financial decisions for another person
What is a power of attorney?
preparing for death
What is acceptance?
What is bereavement?
As a patient nears death it is expected that the pupils will do this
What is dialate?
Elevating the head of bed may help support a dying patient who is experiencing this type of irregular breathing with periods of apnea and shallow breathing
What is Cheyne-stokes?
a legal document that lists how property will be divided upon a person's death
What is a will?
I will be ok with this if I can just be a my son's graduation
What is bargaining?
care of the body after death
What is postmortem care?
As a person approaches death pain will often do what
What is decrease?
ice chips, lubricant, lemon glycerin swabs
What is oral care?
a document that states the medical care a person wants or does not want in case he or she becomes unable to make those decisions
What is a living will?
Need to mourn and review their lives
What is depression?
the Latin term for condition after death in which the muscles in the body become stiff and rigid
What is rigor mortis?
Skin and mucous membranes will often become discolored and darken or give a mottled appearance. The tearm to describe this pale blueish gray coloring of the skin is know as
What is cyanosis?
frequent turning, baths, incontinence care
What is skin care?
a legal document that appoints someone to make the medical decisions for a person in the event he or she becomes unable to do so
What is durable power of attorney for healthcare?
refusal to believe they are dying
What is denial?
a disease or condition that will eventually cause death
What is terminal illness?
restlessness, moaning, grimacing
What are signs of pain?