The Final Journey (End-of-Life)
The last sense thought to be lost
What is hearing?
◦Also called bereavement.
◦Feelings, thoughts , reactions and challenges are very personal
What is grief
The process of straightening or correcting a deformity
What is an apparatus worn to support, align, prevent or correct problems
________ refers to the care given, while _______refers to the place the care is given
What is palliative, hospice
◦Tissues – such as bone, skin, heart valves and corneas – can be donated within the first______ of death.
What is 24 hours
Mucous collects in the airway & causes wet gurgling sounds as the client breaths, also known as the
What is a “death rattle”
Care of the body after death is called
What is Postmortem Care
Care that helps a client regain health, strength, and independence.
What is Restorative care?
useful tool for measuring the progressive decline of a palliative resident. It has five functional dimensions: ambulation, activity level and evidence of disease, self-care, oral intake, and level of consciousness
What is a PPS (Palliative Performance Scale)
◦Performed to determine the cause of death, for legal purposes, and for education and research.
What is an autopsy
◦No cure
◦Some injuries are so serious that the body cannot function
Therefore , recovery is not expected and ends in death
What is a life threatening illness?
Tissues such as bone, skin, heart valves and corneas – can be donated within the first _____of death.
What is 24 hours?
artificial body replacement
What is a Prosthesis?
A person can state specific wishes about health care, treatment, and their personal care
What is an Advance Directives (or Living Will)
◦Belief that the spirit or soul is reborn in another human body or in another life form.
What is Reincarnation?
◦Gradual increase in rate & depth
◦Then become shallow & slow
◦Then they stop for up to 30 seconds
What are Cheyne-Stokes respirations?
Final phase, people take on new roles, from new relationships & acquire new skills.
What is Bowlby's reorganization phase of grief?
the process of restoring a client to his or her highest possible level of functioning through the use of therapy, exercise or other methods.
What is Rehabilitation?
No Code” orders for clients who are not expected to recover.
What is a DNR (Do not resuscitate)
the stiffness or rigidity of the skeletal muscles that occurs within 2-3 hours after death
What is rigor mortis
◦Absence of pulse, respirations, blood pressure & fixed dilated pupils
What is death has occurred
work through the of grief, emotional pain. For those who try to suppress the pain, this phase will last longer
What is Worden's second task of mourning
Rehabilitation team treats all dimensions. What are they?
◦Physical health
◦Emotional health
◦Social health
◦Intellectual health
Spiritual health
This was the first country in the world in which
Nurse Practitioners could provide MAID
Canada
◦Belief that the spirit or soul is reborn in another human body or in another life form.
Reincarnation