Management, Transition of Care, Post-
Resusc Care in the ED Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
CF stands for _____. What are the two factors that make up CF? -
correct answer ✅- Compassion Fatigue
- Secondary Traumatic Stress and Burnout
Scale used to assess CF in healthcare workers -
correct answer ✅ProQOL (Professional Quality of Life Scale)
The RESPOND mnemonic is made up of what components? What is
it used for? -
correct answer ✅R - Reassure the pt
E - Establish rapport
S - Support the pt, assign a primary team contact
P - Plan care/manage Pain - explain procedures, POC; involve family
members; communicate early and often
O - Offer hope
N - Never deliver news of death/disability alone
D - Determine the pt's needs - encourage expression of feelings
, TNCC: Psychosocial, Disaster
Management, Transition of Care, Post-
Resusc Care in the ED Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Define grief, bereavement, and mourning -
correct answer ✅Grief: personal response to loss
Bereavement: Period of grief/mourning
Mourning: personal expression of grief/loss
Three aspects of head-to-toe assessment specific to trauma/crisis
pts -
correct answer ✅- Physical: Heart palpitations, tachypnea,
sweating, shaking, HA, N/V, easily startled, jittery
- Cognitive: Repetitive questioning, forgetfulness,
numbness/blunted affect, intrusive thoughts, silence,
hyperalertness, difficulty concentrating
- Emotional: Silence, fearfulness, tearfulness, anger, disbelief, fear
of being/desire to be alone
Four assessments for pts in crisis -
correct answer ✅- Mental status: pt's perception of what
happened, risk to self or others
- Support system, past coping mechanisms
- Medical history/medications