End of life care
What does it mean to die with dignity?
Nurse cares for dying clients with respect, no matter what their emotional, physical, or cognitive state
What is Ankylosis?
The permanent loss of joint movement
What is an adult children caregiver?
Caregivers for their elderly parent
What is palliative care
Hollistic approach to care that focuses on the physical emotional ,social, cultural, and spiritual needs of both the patient and his or her family members across the illness trajectory.
The last reflex to disappear
sucking
A fitness classification score of 54 to 67 is considered
low average
name 3 signs of caregiver stress
denial, anger, social withdrawal, anxiety, depression, exhaustion, irritability, sleeplessness, lack of concentration, health problems
What are the 2 levels of palliative care
primary palliative care and specialty palliative care
What stage reflects, "Yes, me, but if only..."
bargaining
Why is sub maximal fitness test not preferred
The validity of their results is less reliable than results obtained through ECG testing because the tests are less demanding
What are the different types of caregivers?
Spousal
adult children
grandparent
parental
When considering the trajectory of a specific disease what is the most important concept?
physical functioning
Brain death is considered present if
a lack of evidence of responses, absence of brain stem reflexes, absence of breathing.
Why is a machine assisted ROM preferred with rehabilitation clients?
The machine precisely controls the degree of joint movement and can increase it in specific increments throughout recovery
Name 4 characteristics a caregiver should have
Having the ability to care, adapting to a situation, being a good listener, showing affection, being responsible for someone other than self, being strong, protective, organized, patience and understanding, serving as an advocate, assisting with ADL's providing emotional and social support, managing a coordinating health care services.
What are the 4 core services of the palliatiuve care team?
Chaplaincy, social work, nursing and medicine.
Medicare will pay for hospice care of all the following requirements are met
Terminal illness is certified by a physician, the client elects the hospice benefit, the hospice program is medicare certified.
Activities that have a MET score of 7-8 include
playing basketball and playing noncompetitive handball
What ways does a nurse offer care to cargivers
caring for the caregiver:
*physically, emotionally, socially, cognitively, spiritually
Name 3 domains of palliative care?
Structure and processes of care, physical aspects of care, psychological and psychiatric, social, spiritual, religious, and existential, cultural care of the patient nearing the end of life, ethical and legal