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Hospice has no time limit.

What is TRUE. If the patient continues to qualify, there is no time limit for their stay on hospice.

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Private homes, nursing homes, assited living facilities and hospitals.
What are the places hospice serves patients
100

Give nods, make eye contact, focus on what they are saying, don't interrupt, don't focus on your response mentally, etc.

What is the process of empathic listening

100

"when cancer cells start in a primary site and migrate to a different site"

What is metastasis

100

The first hospice was created...

in Branford, CT in 1974.

200

Hospice is paid for by the family.

What is FALSE. Hospice is covered by Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurance plans. 

200
Six months or less.
What is the prognosis a patient has to be eligible for hospice.
200

13 Months

What is the time the family gets follow up contact from the bereavement program.

200

grimacing, wincing, restlessness, guarding, etc.

What are non-verbal signs of pain

200

Romans used the Latin root word hospitium  

  what is a place where guests were received with hospitality and lodging. 

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Hospice goes where the patient goes.
What is TRUE
300
2 Medical Doctors
What is the necessary amount of signatures needed to deem an individual as incapacitated
300
Administering medication, transporting patients in a vehicle, feeding (without training)
What are things a volunteer is prohibited from doing
300

The last of the senses a patient often retains while actively dying?

What is hearing

300

Who identified the five stages: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression & Acceptance through which many terminally ill patients progress 

Who is Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

400

Only a doctor can refer someone for hospice care.

What is FALSE. It is important for patients and families to know that anyone can make a referral. Family, clergy, nurses or others can refer a patient. 

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MDs, RNs, HHAs, volunteers, chaplains, SWs, bereavement, etc.
What is the hospice team
400
To protect a patient's personal information, only letting those who NEED TO KNOW access this information to deliver quality care.
What is confidentiality
400

When entering a patient's room you should...

What is Knock?

400

Who was the 'founder' of hospice

Who is Dame Cicely Saunders is usually credited with developing the art and science of modern hospice care. She established physician-training programs to improve competence in palliative medicine and formulated the basic principles of hospice care. 

500

Hospice and palliative care are the same.

What is False. Both provide comfort care during a serious illness. Hospice only begins after the decision to end treatment for a terminal illness and when it's clear the person will not survive. Palliative care can begin at diagnosis, and happen at the same time as treatment. 

500

What is the two finger rule for a hospice volunteer?

What is if it takes more physical support then a volunteer can do with two fingers, it should be done by another professional.

500
Before eating, after using the restroom, when exposed to bacteria and when visibly soiled
What is when you should wash your hands with soap and water
500

A biggest barrier to a quality of life for hospice patients.

What is pain

500

Annually, 1.6 million people  

What is receive hospice care each year