Chapter 14: The End of Life: Death,
Dying, Grief, and Loss
Acceptance - correct answer-Demonstrated when the client wishes to plan for life after death
or for their family after they die
Anger - correct answer-The individual is angry and may have periods of acting-out or rage
Bargaining - correct answer-A stage of developing awareness of the situation
Cheyne-Stokes - correct answer-Repeating breathing patterns that are shallow and quick, to
deeper and rapid, to periods of apnea
Cyanosis - correct answer-Bluish coloring
Denial - correct answer-The preliminary stage, occurs when the person doesn't believe that
the diagnosis is correct
Depression - correct answer-Achieved when the person realizes that they're going to die and
that nothing can be done to stop it; considered a normal, healthy phase
Grief - correct answer-Common to all individuals; however, not all individuals experience
grief in the same way
Impaction - correct answer-A condition in which a tooth or stool (feces) is lodged in a body
cavity or passage, usually requiring dental or medical attention to prevent pain, tissue
damage, or death
Incontinence - correct answer-Loss of bowel of bladder control
Infarction - correct answer-The formation of an area of tissue death, an infarct, due to lack of
oxygen; caused by obstruction of blood flow to the tissue as a result of a thrombus or an
embolus
Loss - correct answer-Can include grief, but doesn't necessarily have to include death
Mottling - correct answer-Purplish-bluish blotches
Palliative care - correct answer-A collaboration of client, caregiver, and family care focused
on the treatment of symptoms for clients with serious illnesses, usually, but not always,
associated with a terminal illness
Terminal illness - correct answer-A state in which an individual faces a medical condition that
will end in death within a relatively limited period
Dying, Grief, and Loss
Acceptance - correct answer-Demonstrated when the client wishes to plan for life after death
or for their family after they die
Anger - correct answer-The individual is angry and may have periods of acting-out or rage
Bargaining - correct answer-A stage of developing awareness of the situation
Cheyne-Stokes - correct answer-Repeating breathing patterns that are shallow and quick, to
deeper and rapid, to periods of apnea
Cyanosis - correct answer-Bluish coloring
Denial - correct answer-The preliminary stage, occurs when the person doesn't believe that
the diagnosis is correct
Depression - correct answer-Achieved when the person realizes that they're going to die and
that nothing can be done to stop it; considered a normal, healthy phase
Grief - correct answer-Common to all individuals; however, not all individuals experience
grief in the same way
Impaction - correct answer-A condition in which a tooth or stool (feces) is lodged in a body
cavity or passage, usually requiring dental or medical attention to prevent pain, tissue
damage, or death
Incontinence - correct answer-Loss of bowel of bladder control
Infarction - correct answer-The formation of an area of tissue death, an infarct, due to lack of
oxygen; caused by obstruction of blood flow to the tissue as a result of a thrombus or an
embolus
Loss - correct answer-Can include grief, but doesn't necessarily have to include death
Mottling - correct answer-Purplish-bluish blotches
Palliative care - correct answer-A collaboration of client, caregiver, and family care focused
on the treatment of symptoms for clients with serious illnesses, usually, but not always,
associated with a terminal illness
Terminal illness - correct answer-A state in which an individual faces a medical condition that
will end in death within a relatively limited period
