Chapter 12: Palliative Care Cherry and Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 8th Edition

According to the Palliative Performance Scale which patient is considered to possess 70% of normal function? a. 40 year old diagnosed with AIDS whose condition makes it impossible to hold a job. b. 70 year old diagnosed with end stage renal failure who spends most of the day in bed. c. 50 year old diagnosed with emphysema whose disease has begun to impact normal ambulate. d. 30 year old diagnosed with muscular dystrophy who is bed bound. ANS: A 70% function implies that the patient has a reduction in ambulation and the disease process affect ability to hold a job. DIF: Application 2. The Karnofsky prognostication scale is most appropriately used to screen patients with which medical diagnoses? a. Respiratory diseases b. Cancers c. Cardiac diseases d. AIDS ANS: B