QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Causes of death for children 5-9. Answer: - injuries
- malignant neoplasms
- congenital anomalies
- assault
- heart disease
◉ Causes of death for children 10-14. Answer: - injuries
- malignant neoplasm
- suicide
◉ Causes of death for youth 15-19. Answer: - assault
- suicide
- malignant neoplasms
- heart disase
◉ Palliative care. Answer: comfort care with or without curative
intent
(NG tube, antibiotics, etc.)
,◉ Hospice care. Answer: comfort care without curative intent
◉ When the prognosis for a patient is poor and death is expected it
is ethically acceptable to.... Answer: - withhold or withdraw
treatments that may cause pain and suffering
- provide interventions that promote comfort and quality of life
◉ Treatment options for terminally ill children. Answer: - hospital
- home care
- hospice care
◉ What is the parents greatest fear for their terminally ill child?.
Answer: that their child is in pain
◉ What is the priority goals and interventions for a terminally ill
child?. Answer: treatment for pain and S/S
continuous pain medication
◉ Symptoms from disease or medications in terminally ill children.
Answer: - fatigue
- N/V
- constipation
, - agitation
- dyspnea
- congestion
- seizures
- anxiety
- depression
- restlessness
- confusion
◉ What is not a factor in managing terminal pain in children?.
Answer: addiction
◉ Grief. Answer: a process, not an event, of experiencing
physiologic, psychologic, behavioral, social, and spiritual reactions to
the loss of a child
it is individualized, not orderly, and not predictable
◉ Parental grief. Answer: most intense, complex, long-lasting, and
fluctuating grief experience
◉ Sibling grief. Answer: - depends on the child's age and
developmental level
- children express grief through play and behavior